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Study finds high Journal Impact Factor (JIF) volatilities for hundreds of journals annually due to their top-cited paper.
Research teams traversing partially melted fjord to retrieve weather equipment release startling picture.
A couple of years ago, psychologist Susan Fiske launched a broadside against science bloggers - since taken offline - packed with name-calling.
Stress and long working hours are regrettably common among early-career researchers, reveals a survey by the group the Young Academy of Europe.
Blog for the Journal of Open Source Software.
Recently retired, this professor emeritus reflects on how she challenged students to think beyond facts.
Weakened permafrost in Canadian Arctic a further sign that global climate crisis accelerating faster than scientists had feared.
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…
Chefs verordnen gerne agile Arbeitstechniken. Eine Analyse zeigt, dass sie diese aber selbst nie anwenden würden.
How a simple nudge can improve health and nutrition reporting. The Twitter account retweets science articles, adding “IN MICE.”
The British Journal of Anaesthesia's unusual experiment is designed to broaden replicability efforts beyond just methods and results.
The NIH and the FBI are targeting ethnic Chinese scientists, including U.S. citizens, searching for a cancer cure. Here's the first account of what happened to Xifeng Wu.
Francis Collins pledged to decline to speak at conferences that do not include enough women in prominent speaking roles.
We are scientists from various disciplines and we will go on strike on 14 June 2019. Women* are systematically underrepresented to a great degree at Swiss higher education institutions.
The history of science has often seen women's work overlooked and their credit stolen.
Professor Martin Eve will lead Birkbeck's part in the project, which has been made possible through a £2.2 million grant from Research England.
Women are protesting against the slow pace of change, calling for "more money, time and respect".
medRxiv aims to meet the unique preprint needs of the clinical research community with a free, non-profit service.
Fake publications are corrupting the world of research- and influencing real news.
A North American framework for creating transformative change in the scholarly publishing industry based on initial insights from the University of California's 2018-19 negotiations with Elsevier.
To promote effective sharing, we must create an enduring link between the people who generate data and its future uses, urge Heather H. Pierce and colleagues.
A new Research England funded project is set to help universities, researchers, libraries and publishers to make more, and better, use of open access book publishing.
All researchers should strive to improve the quality, relevance and reliability of their work.
Why colleges and universities that claim to take teaching seriously need a comprehensive and fair system of evaluating it.
Changing the name on a CV affects how physics and biology faculty members view theoretical applicants, according to a new study.
While statistical significance sends the so-called significant results into the literature, the results on the other side of the threshold often disappear into the “famous file drawer”.
As the transition to a system for sharing knowledge that is open by default accelerates, the question “open for whom?” is essential—both to consider and to act upon.
