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Peer evaluation of science
This is a proposal for a system for evaluation of the quality of scientific papers by open review of the papers through a platform inspired by StackExchange.
As PLOS cedes some ground, a movement gathers steam
Last year "PLOS ONE" published 10% fewer papers than it did two years ago, but its editors are not alarmed.
Do "top" journals attract "too good to be true" results?
The most prestigious journals publish the least reliable science (at least when looking at the available evidence from experimental fields).
The world's most influential scientific minds
Highly Cited Researchers in 2015 according to Thomson Reuters.
Die Wissenschaft - eine weltfremde Künstlerwerkstatt
Die Menschheit steht vor großen Herausforderungen. Doch das Wissenschaftssystem bleibt starr. Das muss sich ändern.
Choosing experiments to accelerate collective discovery
Scientists perform a tiny subset of all possible experiments. What characterizes the experiments they choose? And what are the consequences of those choices for the pace of scientific discovery?
Research and education budgets in shambles in Denmark and Finland
Recent changes in the political landscape in Northern Europe have brought some new policies that are less supportive of science and education than previously.
Reproducible research practices and transparency across the biomedical literature
Reproducible research practices and transparency across the biomedical literature
Replication studies are rare and only a few had their data included in a subsequent systematic review or meta-analysis.
The most interesting recent scientific news
Edge annual question: what do you consider the most interesting recent scientific news? What makes it important?
Publishers to require ORCID identifiers for authors
A group of seven publishers has announced that they will begin requiring authors to use an ORCID identifier (iD) during the publication process.
The science to look out for in 2016
Space missions, carbon capture and gravitational waves are set to shape the year.
Dutch lead European push to flip journals to open access
Academic consortia urge faster changes in scholarly publishing.
Why researchers keep citing retracted papers
Some papers cite the retracted work to examine the retraction itself. Others may simply be pointing out that the findings of a withdrawn paper have been proven false.
Gender breakdown at course level
The proportion of male and female students varies widely across different subjects in UK universities.
The unsung heroes of scientific software
Creators of computer programs that underpin experiments don’t always get their due — so the website Depsy is trying to track the impact of research code.
Funding for key data resources in jeopardy
Several widely used biology databases supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute are facing unsettling change.
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Open journals that piggyback on arXiv gather momentum
Peer-review platforms built around online pre-print repositories spread to astrophysics.
Should scientific papers be anonymous?
When it comes to protecting the scientific literature from bias, the safeguards that academics now use are sorely inadequate.
Big ideas for better science
We asked four researchers who made the news in 2015 what they would change about how science gets done.
Why Preventing Cancer Is Not the Priority in Drug Development
There’s more money to be made investing in drugs that will extend cancer patients’ lives by a few months than in drugs that would prevent cancer in the first place.
Why science's universal language is a problem for research
The vast majority of scientific papers today are published in English. What gets lost when other languages get left out?
Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2016
Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2016 by Jeffrey Beall, January 5, 2016. Each year at this time I formally release my updated list of predatory publishers. Because the list is now very la…
Academics, forget about public engagement, stay in your ivory towers
Researchers are urged to make their work accessible, but simplifying complex ideas doesn’t support great scholarship.
Use of positive and negative words in scientific PubMed abstracts between 1974 and 2014
Use of positive and negative words in scientific PubMed abstracts between 1974 and 2014
Analyzing three decades' worth of PubMed-indexed abstracts, scientists find a notable increase in the frequency of positive words, like "innovative" and "novel", over time.
Wrapping it up in a person
Report examining employment and earnings outcomes for Ph.D. recipients.
Post-publication peer review: signed or anonymous?
Participating in open and signed post-publication peer review may not be so bad for your career after all.
The current system of scholarly publishing is a massive infringement of academic freedom
The current system of scholarly publishing is a massive infringement of academic freedom
What actually is "academic freedom"?
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