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The Status Quo Bias and the Uptake of Open Access

The Status Quo Bias and the Uptake of Open Access

In this paper the authors argue that the linguistic framing of open access by a variety of stakeholders may inhibit the uptake of open access publishing.

Eurodoc for Open Science

Eurodoc for Open Science

The collection of content related to the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers' (Eurodoc) commitment to Open Science.

NASA Changes How It Divvies Up Telescope Time to Reduce Gender Bias

NASA Changes How It Divvies Up Telescope Time to Reduce Gender Bias

The switch to double-blind peer review will affect roughly 650 scientists working on projects worth an estimated US$55 million.

California Bills Targeting For-Profits and Bundled Services Exception Advance

California Bills Targeting For-Profits and Bundled Services Exception Advance

California moves toward creating the strictest regulatory landscape for for-profit colleges in the U.S., but proposed legislation has already been weakened.

Scientists Took an M.R.I. Scan of an Atom

Scientists Took an M.R.I. Scan of an Atom

The hospital technology, typically used to identify human ailments, captured perhaps the world's smallest magnetic resonance image.

Universities Are Economic And Knowledge Engines - A Proposed 41% Cut In Alaska Is Scary

Universities Are Economic And Knowledge Engines - A Proposed 41% Cut In Alaska Is Scary

The University of Alaska system faces a 41% budget cut. Why that is devastating to education, science, and society.

Springer Nature Signs Its First 'pure OA' Deal with Sweden's Bibsam

Springer Nature Signs Its First 'pure OA' Deal with Sweden's Bibsam

An agreement between publisher Springer Nature and Sweden's Bibsam consortium - made up of institutional libraries and funders - will see the two share the costs of publishing in Springer Nature's Open Access journals.

Imminent Change to Elsevier Access

Imminent Change to Elsevier Access

The University of California has been out of contract with Elsevier since January. Now, the University of California have reason to believe that Elsevier will shut off direct access to new articles later this week or in early July.

Diversity in Open Source Is Even Worse Than in Tech Overall

Diversity in Open Source Is Even Worse Than in Tech Overall

The open source world's diversity problem could actually make the larger tech industry's entrenched imbalances worse.

UKRI Signs San Francisco Declaration of Research Assessment - UK Research and Innovation

UKRI Signs San Francisco Declaration of Research Assessment - UK Research and Innovation

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has signed the international declaration aimed at strengthening and promoting best practice in the way research is assessed.

EU Science Chief Wants to Work ERC Magic on Innovation

EU Science Chief Wants to Work ERC Magic on Innovation

The European Union’s research commissioner Carlos Moedas has proposed setting up a European Innovation Council (EIC) to fund applied research and innovation. Inspired by the well-loved European Research Council (ERC), this idea is one of several measures announced here yesterday to boost innovation across the union.

Journals' Plagiarism Detectors May Flag Papers in Error

Journals' Plagiarism Detectors May Flag Papers in Error

One recent case, in which a scientist claims his submitted manuscript was rejected despite a lack of actual plagiarism, highlights the limitations of automated tools.

You've Completed Your Review - Now Get Credit with ORCID

You've Completed Your Review - Now Get Credit with ORCID

Reviewers can now enter their ORCID iD in the Editorial Manager submission system for all PLOS journals and opt-in to automatically get credit when they complete a review, the same way they would for their published articles.

Launching the #FailTales Science Communication Competition - Digital Science

Launching the #FailTales Science Communication Competition - Digital Science

Creatively convey your best research-related #FailTales and win a year's subscription to Dimensions Analytics, a Science Communication mentoring session with one of our judges, and a swag bag of our awesome merchandise!

Universities Earned Just $75 Million from IP in 2017, but Spent $5.7 Billion on R&D

Universities Earned Just $75 Million from IP in 2017, but Spent $5.7 Billion on R&D

Canada’s top universities and research institutes spent $5.7 billion on research and development (R&D), but generated less than $75 million from licensing their innovations in 2017. That’s an average return on investment of 1.3 per cent.

Open Science Graphs for FAIR Data IG

Open Science Graphs for FAIR Data IG

The goal of the Open Science Graphs Interest Group (OSG IG) is to build on the outcomes and broaden the challenges of the Data Description Registry Interoperability (DDRI) and Scholarly Link Exchange (Scholix) RDA Working Groups to investigate the open issues and identify solutions towards achieving interoperability between services and information models of Open Science Graph initiatives.

We Tried to Publish a Replication of a Science Paper in Science. The Journal Refused

We Tried to Publish a Replication of a Science Paper in Science. The Journal Refused

Our research suggests that the theory that conservatives and liberals respond differently to threats isn't actually true.

Men Need Not Apply: University Set to Open Jobs Just to Women

Men Need Not Apply: University Set to Open Jobs Just to Women

A Dutch engineering university is taking radical action to increase its share of female academics by opening job vacancies to women only.

Top 10 Academic Institutions in 2018: Normalized

Top 10 Academic Institutions in 2018: Normalized

This ranking shows which institutions might be punching above their weight in producing high-quality research.

France Most Skeptical About Science and Vaccines, Global Survey Finds

France Most Skeptical About Science and Vaccines, Global Survey Finds

Sluggish economy and unemployment could explain French pessimism about science's job-boosting power.

New Center Aims to Create a More Transparent Approach to Research Assessment

New Center Aims to Create a More Transparent Approach to Research Assessment

At Elsevier's International Center for the Study of Research, experts will examine research using metrics and other qualitative and quantitative methods. 

Schweizer "Read and Publish"-Vertrag Mit RSC Soll Vollständig Geheim Bleiben

Schweizer "Read and Publish"-Vertrag Mit RSC Soll Vollständig Geheim Bleiben

Als Michael Hengartner, Präsident swissuniversities und Rektor der Universität Zürich an der Open Access Konferenz Schweiz 2018 gefragt wurde, ob er im Sinne von Open Access auch die kommenden Vert…