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Harnessing the Possibilities of Science, Technology, and Innovation

Harnessing the Possibilities of Science, Technology, and Innovation

President Obama Hosts Frontiers Conference, Focusing on the Potential of Science, Technology, and Innovation to Drive Prosperity and Address Challenges in Personal, Local, National, Global, and Interplanetary Frontiers for the Next 50 Years and Beyond.

Stop Submitting Papers

Stop Submitting Papers

We should write our draft, go over it with our co-authors, and then put it on a preprint server. And wait. After a year, when we had the opportunity to share this paper with colleagues, then we can submit it.

World Article Publishing Illustrates Regional Values

World Article Publishing Illustrates Regional Values

An interactive visualization of article publication data from the 2016 NSF Science & Engineering Report suggest discrepancies in the cultures of science around the world.

Suggesting a truer measure of academic impact

Suggesting a truer measure of academic impact

Chris Carroll argues that the impact of an academic research paper might be better measured by counting the number of times it is cited within citing publications rather than by simply measuring if it has been cited or not.

Academic Journal Reviews

Academic Journal Reviews

A place for academics to review the publishing process at peer-reviewed journals.

Infographic captures how researchers really feel about the peer-review process

Infographic captures how researchers really feel about the peer-review process

More than 2,000 researchers from a variety of disciplines contributed to a survey conducted by Elsevier and the Publishing Research Consortium.

Recognition for review: rewarding contribution - BioMed Central blog

Recognition for review: rewarding contribution - BioMed Central blog

Many reviewers feel that some form of public acknowledgment is more valuable than monetary payment when it comes to their services.

The current system of knowledge dissemination isn’t working and Sci-Hub is merely a symptom of the problem

The current system of knowledge dissemination isn’t working and Sci-Hub is merely a symptom of the problem

That Sci-Hub’s activities are illegal is not disputed. However, according to Iván Farías Pelcastre and Flor González Correa the issue at the core of the debate is the current publishing and knowled…

What Gives With So Many Hard Scientists Being Hard-Core Endurance Runners?

What Gives With So Many Hard Scientists Being Hard-Core Endurance Runners?

A surprising number of physicists and astronomers and STEM professionals compete in long, hard, miserable athletic endeavors like ultramarathons. Why?

A cross-disciplinary approach to science is helping Nautilus carve a unique niche in science publishing

A cross-disciplinary approach to science is helping Nautilus carve a unique niche in science publishing

With a focus on deep reporting, a print magazine, and an intense affinity for illustrations, nonprofit Nautilus has taken an expensive approach to launching a new science publication.

Raising the Status of Peer Review With Publons

Raising the Status of Peer Review With Publons

An interview with Tom Culley, Marketing Director of Publons, on how provide recognition for this vital part of the scientific process.

A History of Academic Peer Review

A History of Academic Peer Review

Although peer review is now a fundamental quality control measure implemented during the publishing process, the practice as we know it today is quite different from how it was envisioned...