Leonid Schneider argues for a new way to ensure accountability for publicly funded research. It has become clear that scientific dishonesty is rarely sanctioned.

On the importance of being able to establish and maintain successful collaborations.

Michael Eisen co-founded the Public Library of Science, publisher of open access journals including PLOS ONE.

Data-Level Metrics (DLMs): NSF-funded project which will pilot a suite of metrics to track and measure data use that can be shared with funders, tenure & promotion committees, and other stakeholders.

Some ideas on the re-ranking of universities.

A guide to the popular, free statistics and visualization software that gives scientists control of their own data analysis.

Four conditions that need to be satisfied for a document to be considered a citable piece of scientific work.

Holiday discussion about the future of science and how it might one day be funded.

Scientific publishers must shake off three centuries of publishing on paper and embrace 21st century technology to make scientific communication more intelligible, reproducible, engaging and rapidly available.

100 top ranked specialties in the sciences and social sciences

First comprehensive study of patterns of text reuse within the full texts of an important large scientific corpus, covering a 20-y timeframe.

This article describes a systematic analysis of the relationship between empirical data and theoretical conclusions for a set of experimental psychology articles published in the journal Science between 2005-2012.

It is unclear whether or how the career preferences of women and underrepresented minority scientists change in manners distinct from their better-represented peers.

The findings of a series of surveys exploring the culture of scientific research in the UK. It also contains a list of recommendations for funding bodies.

Bibliometrics has become an integral part of research quality evaluation and has been changing the practice of research.

Proceedings of participant-driven workshops and the organizers’ synthesis of the outcomes of a recent symposium for early career researchers.

Universities’ performance worldwide is increasingly being measured using rankings. This project is the first pan-European study of the impact and influence of rankings on European higher education institutions.

On the legitimacy of Peer Review and transparency policies at funding agencies.

A playlist of all videos from OpenCon 2014, the Student and Early Career Conference on Open Access, Open Education and Open Data.

Everyone knows the peer review system is broken, but it’s difficult to break free of when incentives are aligned to maintain it.

CASRAI is an international non-profit dedicated to reducing the administrative burden on researchers and improving business intelligence capacity of research institutions and funders.

Sneak peek into science’s future at OpenCon 2014.

Publishing in high-impact-factor journals is commonly seen as a requirement for getting fellowships, faculty appointments, tenure, and funding. Most academics are wrong about this.

The next generation of DIYBio tools are coming, and this time they mean business.

Open science is the concept of opening up all aspects of scientific research, to allow others to follow the process.

A short essay about the new trends in science policy, communication, and public outreach.

The study aims to shed light on international collaboration by researchers from the Eastern European countries

A report of the President’s Science and Technology Advisory Council.

When making decisions about funding and jobs the scientific community should recognise that most of the tools used to evaluate scientific excellence are biased in favour of established disciplines and against interdisciplinary research.

As appeals for public access of research data continue to proliferate, many scholarly publishers-alongside funders, institutions, and libraries-are expanding their role to address this need.