How Retractions Hurt Scientists' Credibility
Study finds faulty research creates a significant drop in use of prior published work.
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Options for Scientists
Most PhD students in the biological sciences will not go on to become academics.
Centre for Open Science Announces Elsevier as New Signatory to TOP Guidelines
Elsevier develops and implements comprehensive new journal data guidelines.
10+ Scientists Reveal Their Most Embarrassing Fieldwork Fails
When scientists step outside their safe laboratories, anything can happen. Of course, studying wild animals or digging out million-year-old fossils sounds exotic and exciting, but that's only one side of the spectrum.
3 Examples Of Crowdsourcing Science
The time for crowdsourcing science has arrived. From idea generation to job hunting, crowdsourcing science can have an impact in your research.
No Deal, No Review – #nodealnoreview
A template for responding the invitations for editorial and reviewer tasks for journals that you wish to boycott.
The Center for Open Science, Alternative to Elsevier, Announces New Preprint Services
The Center for Open Science, Alternative to Elsevier, Announces New Preprint Services
Ultimately, a key question is emerging for higher education institutions: to what extent, and under what conditions, does it make sense to outsource core scholarly infrastructure?
Cryptocurrency and Independent Scientific Funding
How cryptocurrencies may generate capital for scientific funding via dividend reinvestment.
Six New Preprint Services Join a Growing Community Across Disciplines
This week, six communities launched preprint services to accelerate dissemination of research.
How Universities Promote Putting It into Practice
A few examples that demonstrate how universities design their open science guides.
The US, China and Russia Are Working on a Fusion Project Which Could Transform Energy
The US, China and Russia Are Working on a Fusion Project Which Could Transform Energy
At a research facility in France 35 countries are working on a project that could transform energy.
Welcome to Dissemin
Dissemin detects papers behind pay-walls and invites their authors to upload them in one click to an open repository.
Announcing the new British Library Research Data Strategy
Our vision for the British Library is that research data are as integrated into our collections, research and services as text is today. The
Multidisciplinary Science – Multiple Authors?
Bibliometrics for the 20 highest performing authors in Multidisciplinary Science.
Would You Rent Your Lab Equipment?
Virtual sharing and equipment loans are making access to vital research tools easier.
It Turns Out That Knowing More About Science Doesn't Correct Misbelief
New study casts doubts on whether more information about science can really change someone's mind.
National Goals and Guidelines for Open Access to Research Articles
The government’s goal is that all pubclicly funded Norwegian research articles should be made openly available by 2024, and the government has established guidelines and measures for open access to research articles.
Let's Keep Saying It, and Say It Louder: REVIEWERS ARE UNPAID
For the record, I do peer reviews! For free!
Can We Stop Saying Reviewers Are Unpaid?
Reviewing is an implicit part of vaguely-defined jobs.
Why Science Must Reward Failure
A lack of recognition for the value of failure holds back creative risk-taking in science.
Complex Network Visualisation for the History of Swiss Interdisciplinarity
Complex Network Visualisation for the History of Swiss Interdisciplinarity
Mapping research funding in Switzerland
On Inequality and Academic Publishing
A quantitative analysis of contemporary publishing patterns in the humanities, as well as a conceptual account of the historical relationship of publishing practices to the modern research university.
Thesis Commons: an Open-source Platform for Theses and Dissertations
The Center for Open Science launches Thesis Commons, a free, cloud-based, open-source platform for the submission, dissemination, and discovery of graduate and undergraduate theses and dissertations from any discipline.
Phone Scammers Now Pushing Fake Government Grants
Not content with impersonating IRS agents, phone scammers now are pretending to work for the NIH, telling victims that they’ve won a grant but must pay a fee in order to get the money.
Shanghai Ranking 2017
New 2017 Top 500 world university rankings conducted by CWCU of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Academic Ranking of World Universities).
Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers?
Established publishers have a strong motivation to hype claims of predation as damaging to the scholarly and scientific endeavour.
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