A new network for science advice in Africa
There are plenty of reasons to be upbeat about the prospects for science and research across Africa. The next challenge is to bring more of that evidence and expertise into decision making.
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Biologists start sharing unpublished work—oh, the horror!
Bemused physicists watch biologists start biorXiv, party likes it's 1991.
Creating a more inclusive academy
Although there has been a welcome increase in discussion about gender disparities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), broad participation of women from all backgrounds in academic STEM will not be achieved until institutions are transformed.
‘If America Wants to Kill Science, It’s on Its Way’
A. Hope Jahren on women, research, and life in the lab.
The correlation between editorial delay and the ratio of highly cited papers
The correlation between editorial delay and the ratio of highly cited papers
Ideally, in a reviewing process, it is generally easier for referees to make faster and more reliable decisions for high quality papers, which ideally and on average will later attract more citations. Therefore, it is possible that the editorial delay time—the time between dates of submission and acceptance or publication—is correlated to the number of received citations, as has been weakly confirmed by previous studies.
How to be an Outstanding Proposal Writer
Key areas that you’ll need to work on to be an outstanding proposal writer.
Last man in the university
Control, surveillance and thought manipulation: there is an undercurrent of 1984 in today’s academy, doublethinks Eric Blair
Taking peer review seriously | EMBO Reports
Taking peer review seriously | EMBO Reports
The Norwegian Approach to Open Science, Impact and Evaluation
Speech by Bjørn Haugstads, State Secretary to the Norwegian Minister of Education and Research
Do academic social networks share academics’ interests?
David Matthews examines the approach of ResearchGate, Academia.edu and Mendeley to profit, user data and open access publishing
Top Tips to Make Your Research Irreproducible
It is an unfortunate convention of science that research should pretend to be reproducible; our top tips will help you mitigate this fussy conventionality, enabling you to enthusiastically showcase your irreproducible work.
A faked, retracted study of changing people's minds on gay marriage turns out to have been right
A faked, retracted study of changing people's minds on gay marriage turns out to have been right
A famous faked study gets proved right—by the people who unmasked it in the first place.
Why Is It So Expensive to Read Academic Research?
Content piracy may be illegal, but price gouging is at least as despicable.
How scientists can reduce their carbon footprint?
Cutting down on long-distance air travel is the best way to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by the scientific community.
Publication bias is boring. You should care about it anyway.
You all know about publication bias, don't you? Sure you do. It's the tendency to publish research that has bold, affirmative results and ignore research that concludes there's nothing going on.
What if you could peer review the arXiv?
What if you could peer review the arXiv?
What if I told you that you don't need journals to do peer review?
EU action plan for Open Science
The Amsterdam Call for Action on Open Science is the key outcome of the two-day conference ‘Open Science.
The scientific impact of Brexit: it's complicated
Is UK science better off in or out of the EU? The arguments are complex and only partially evidence-based. And that’s not surprising.
Character traits: Scientific virtue
Character traits: Scientific virtue
Elite scientists generally agree on what character traits make for excellent science.
"Open science: share and succeed"
Speech by Commissioner Carlos Moedas in Amsterdam, NL
Crossref initiatives will support reporting to funders
Now that most major research funders require researchers to make their outputs available in open access (OA), new developments in the field are coming faster than ever.
Recognize the value of social science
A professional body for UK social scientists can help to improve research practice — and not just in public engagement, says Andrew Webster.
Moedas: journal papers based on EU-funded science should be free to access
Moedas: journal papers based on EU-funded science should be free to access
The days of open science have arrived and it is time to move from pay-to-read to free-to-read, says EU's R&D Commissioner. But publishers want to keep their subscriptions.
Universities stonewall investigations of research misconduct
Two high-profile cases in which universities — who by US law are the ones that must open an investigation into misconduct — stonewalled the effort.
The Immoral Landscape? Scientists Are Associated with Violations of Morality
The Immoral Landscape? Scientists Are Associated with Violations of Morality
Do people think that scientists are bad people? Although surveys find that science is a highly respected profession, a growing discourse has emerged regarding how science is often judged negatively.
A spiritual successor to Aaron Swartz is angering publishers all over again
Meet accused hacker and copyright infringer Alexandra Elbakyan.
How economists rode maths to become our era’s astrologers
By fetishising mathematical models, economists turned economics into a highly paid pseudoscience
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