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Work-Life Balance Survey 2018: Long Hours Take Their Toll on Academics
Times Higher Education’s first major global survey of university staff views on work-life balance finds academics feeling stressed and underpaid, and struggling to fit time for personal relationships and family around their ever-growing workloads.
Six Essential Reads on Peer Review
A collection of recent (and not-so-recent) literature on journal peer review.
I Spent Two Years Trying to Fix the Gender Imbalance in My Stories
Science journalist describes lessons learned after acknowledging a gender imbalance in quoted sources, and trying to fix the problem.
A Post-Publication Review and Assessment In Science Experiment
It is time to reinvent the ways we assess our research outputs and each other to make them more fair, efficient and effective, says Michael Eisen.
Preprint Abstracts On bioRxiv Increasing Faster Than Medline
As preprints in medicine are debated, data on how preprints are used, cited, and published are needed. This study by John P.A. Ioannidis evaluates views and downloads and Altmetric scores and citations of preprints and their publications.
Three Decades of Peer Review Congresses
Conferences on Peer Review have been held every 4 years since 1989 to present research into the quality of publication processes. The 8th International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication was held in Chicago in September 2017.
These Myths Are Holding Women Back in the Workplace
Women make up half the population and earn more advanced degrees than men in 100 countries. So why are they a distinct minority in the uppermost echelons?
The Case for the Megajournal
In the early days of digital, we were led to believe that the economics of scarcity would be repealed by the removal of supply constraints in the digital world. But that hasn’t happened.
Nominate for the Royal Society's Medals and Awards
The majority of nominations for the Royal Society's medals and awards can be made using the online nomination system. All guidance include how to complete the nomination form can be read on the guidance notes which include full information about all the awards.
Women in Science, Technology and Innovation: Old Stereotypes and New Realities
The OECD's 2017 Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard brings fresh evidence on where women stand in the pursuit of better representation in the world of science and technology.
Nobel Laureates and the Economic Impact of Research: A Case Study
We ran data on the scientific publications of 37 laureates of the Nobel prizes in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry. The results showed that those laureates have produced knowledge that has been taken up in innovation more widely than the work of the average US or world scientist.
Overseas Students 'Worth 10 Times the Cost' to UK, Says Report
New in-depth look at the price of hosting EU and non-EU students shows benefits far outweigh cost to taxpayer
Put It on Camera: How to Get into Scientific Film- and Video-Making
It’s easier than ever to learn how to produce captivating clips that can boost your scientific outreach - or open the door to a new job.
No Masks or Capes, but These Heroes Are Saving the World
They may be too humble to call themselves heroes, but there's no better way to describe them according to Bill Gates.
Productivity for Researchers: 9 Brilliant Tips
9 productivity tips and tricks for tackling to-do lists as a researcher.
TagTeam :: Open Access Tracking Project (OATP)
News and comment from the worldwide movement for open access to research.
Open Research Glossary by the Right to Research Coalition
A glossary of open research terms to inform people about the culture of ‘open scholarship’.
Electronic Lab Notebooks - For Prospective Users
Information for researchers who are interested in adopting an Electronic Lab Notebook system for documenting research and managing data.
Building Trust in Scientists One Selfie at a Time
PhD candidate Samantha Yammine is trying to break the stereotype that Scientists are cold, boring and out of touch with the hashtag #ScientistsWhoSelfie.
Open Science Database
Based on Crossref Data (2014-2017) - 42,339 Journals - 12 Million Articles - 36 Million Citations.
What Does It Mean to Read the Literature, Really?
In a profession rewarding productivity in the form of papers and grants, sitting down to deeply read journal articles can feel like wasted time. Professor logs every paper she read over multiple years to gain insight on personal research practices.
Maryam Mirzakhani Drew Her Way to Mathematical Greatness
Maryam Mirzakhani was a mathematician, but worked like an artist, always drawing.
The Statistician Who Believed in Miracles
Thomas Bayes had the right idea: Even scientific laws can benefit from an update.