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The Untold History of Women in Science and Technology

The Untold History of Women in Science and Technology

Listen to women from across the Administration tell the stories of their personal heroes across the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

A Different Kind of Scientific Revolution

A Different Kind of Scientific Revolution

Barbara A. Spellman on the role of technological and demographic changes

A Systematic Identification and Analysis of Scientists on Twitter

A Systematic Identification and Analysis of Scientists on Twitter

Metrics derived from Twitter and other social media are increasingly used to estimate the broader social impacts of scholarship. Such efforts, however, may produce highly misleading results, as the entities that participate in conversations about science on these platforms are largely unknown.

Nasa to make all its research available free on the Internet

Nasa to make all its research available free on the Internet

The American space agency, Nasa, is to make all its research available free of charge.

The Post-Embargo Citation Advantage

The Post-Embargo Citation Advantage

Many studies show that open access (OA) articles are downloaded, and presumably read, more often than closed access/subscription-only articles. This study addresses those factors and shows that an open access citation advantage as high as 19% exists, even when articles are embargoed during some or all of their prime citation years.

The Unpredictable Art of Science — and a Tentative Manifesto to Foster It

The Unpredictable Art of Science — and a Tentative Manifesto to Foster It

If we continue on the current path of adding ever tighter controls and conformities to research without understanding their effects on the impact and quality of that research, then we will likely be wasting money.

How not to respond to reviewers: Eight simple tips

How not to respond to reviewers: Eight simple tips

Responding to reviewer reports is a key part of publishing academic work in peer reviewed journals. But if you’ve received mixed reviews of a paper or are publishing for the first time, where do you start?

Progress lies in precision

Progress lies in precision

If we want to achieve the ambitions set out by the United Nations for global health and development by 2030, we need to bring two worlds closer together through a new concept—precision public health.

Should writing for the public count toward tenure?

Should writing for the public count toward tenure?

The American Sociological Association is starting a conversation to include “public communication” -- work often largely ignored -- in the assessment of a scholar’s contributions. Why does it matter?

Donald Trump's Lack of Respect for Science Is Alarming

Donald Trump's Lack of Respect for Science Is Alarming

The U.S. presidential election shows how far the political conversation has degenerated from the nation's founding principles of truth and evidence.

How open government data creates smarter societies

How open government data creates smarter societies

Why government leaders should publish the reams of data they’re collecting — and why citizens everywhere should push them to do so.

Fabricating science: discussing fraud can rebuild community confidence and deepen understanding of how science works

Fabricating science: discussing fraud can rebuild community confidence and deepen understanding of how science works

Openly discussing the history of science, where is has gone wrong, and the incredible efforts individual scientists go to uncover fraud should inspire confidence in its self-correcting nature.

Science Without Open Data Isn't Science

Science Without Open Data Isn't Science

Without open data, a scientific paper is little more than a statement that, in the author’s opinion, some evidence supports a certain set of claims.

Interview with Richard Morey: radical transparency, evidence, and skepticism.

Interview with Richard Morey: radical transparency, evidence, and skepticism.

Richard Morey on thinking about evidence, selling dog food, and how individual scientist can deal with the crisis in the social sciences.

Towards Open Science: The Case for a Decentralized Autonomous Academic Endorsement System

Towards Open Science: The Case for a Decentralized Autonomous Academic Endorsement System

A system of academic endorsement based on blockchain technology would be decoupled from the publication process, which would allow expeditious appraisal of all kinds of scientific output in a transparent manner without relying on any central authority.

Sexual Harassment in the Sciences: A New Journalistic Beat?

Sexual Harassment in the Sciences: A New Journalistic Beat?

Covering sexism and sexual harassment in the sciences and academia may not yet be a full-fledged beat for journalists, but it's getting there.

Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016

Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016

New 2016 Top 500 world university rankings conducted by CWCU of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Academic Ranking of World Universities).