Rosalind Franklin and the Damage of Gender Harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed - and what hasn’t.
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Citizen Science Can Make Systematic Reviews Faster and More Efficient
Citizen Science Can Make Systematic Reviews Faster and More Efficient
Citizen science: crowdsourcing for systematic reviews looks at how people can contribute their expertise to scientific studies using new online platforms - even if they don’t think of themselves as researchers or scientists.
Quantity Does Matter as Citation Impact Increases with Productivity
How to Pick an Electronic Laboratory Notebook
Choosing wisely from a burgeoning array of digital tools can help researchers to record experiments with ease.
So You Want to Make an Impact? Some Practical Suggestions for Early-Career Researchers
Designing Inclusion into Engineering Education
A fresh, practical look at how diversity impacts on engineering and strategies for change.
Publons' ECR Reviewers' Choice Awards
Publons’ ECR Reviewer Choice Award celebrates early-career researchers' exceptional contribution to peer review, recognizing an individual who has been influential in the realm of peer review or has significantly contributed to improving the system.
The Dark Sides of Open Science
In this controversial opinion piece, German science expert Stefan Hornbostel argues that some transparency is good for science - but too much can backfire, reducing the efficiency and quality of research and eroding public trust.
It Just Got a Lot Harder to Ignore Predatory Publishing
Thanks to a major new international research study, it's no longer possible to pretend that predatory journals are not a serious problem that needs serious attention.
Top Math Laureate Gets New Medal After Prize Stolen
A Kurdish refugee whose top mathematics prize was stolen minutes after he received the honor this week in Rio de Janeiro will get a replacement medal Saturday, organizers said.
High-Impact and Transformative Science Metrics: Definition, Exemplification, and Comparison
High-Impact and Transformative Science Metrics: Definition, Exemplification, and Comparison
A novel set of text- and citation-based metrics that can be used to identify high-impact and transformative works. The 11 metrics can be grouped into seven types: Radical-Generative, Radical-Destructive, Risky, Multidisciplinary, Wide Impact, Growing Impact, and Impact (overall).
OpenCon2018 Switzerland
The first OpenCon satellite event in Switzerland will take place on September 21-22 at the SNSF in Bern. Registrations are open until the end of August.
Meritocratic Publishing: Open Access and Tackling Discrimination in Academia
The problem with peer review is that, despite its rigor, it suffers from bias because reviewers are competing for the same recognition and resources.
Out in Physics
LGBT+ scientists offer advice for promoting inclusivity in a guide written for the physics and astronomy community.
What Is a Predatory Journal? a Scoping Review
Summarizing the literature on predatory journals, describing its epidemiological characteristics, and extracting empirical descriptions of potential characteristics of predatory journals.
Female Inventors and Their Inventions That Changed the World and Impacted the History In a Revolutionary Way
Female Inventors and Their Inventions That Changed the World and Impacted the History In a Revolutionary Way
Here we pay tribute to some of the most courageous, innovative, and determined genius female inventors while we walk through their remarkable discoveries and try to imagine how hard it was for them at times.
There Is an Absence of Scientific Authority over Research Assessment as a Professional Practice, Leaving a Gap That Has Been Filled by Database Providers
There Is an Absence of Scientific Authority over Research Assessment as a Professional Practice, Leaving a Gap That Has Been Filled by Database Providers
To what extent does the academic research field of evaluative citation analysis confer legitimacy to research assessment as a professional practice?
When a Female C.E.O. Leaves, the Glass Ceiling Is Restored
Even at companies run by prominent women — where it seems that gender diversity has made great strides — why is a female leader hardly ever replaced by another woman?
Japan Weighs the Value of Imported Academics
Foreign faculty in Japan are less productive than their local counterparts on many measures, but better connected to global collaborations.
Glass: The Chemist's Best Friend
Where would we be without our glassware? Tabitha Watson looks through the history and current state of chemistry's favourite amorphous solid.
Elsevier Becomes Newest Customer of Unpaywall Data Feed
Elsevier has become the newest customer of Impactstory's Unpaywall Data Feed, which provides a weekly feed of changes in Unpaywall, our open database of 20 million open access articles.
Scientists Stunned as Medical Non-Profit Group Abruptly Ends Research Grants
The US-based March of Dimes says it revoked awards to 37 researchers as part of a shift in its funding priorities.
Trump's Pick to Head White House Science Office Gets Good Reviews
Oklahoma meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier is a respected researcher and science policy veteran.
Plan to Replicate 50 High-Impact Cancer Papers Shrinks to Just 18
An ambitious project that set out nearly 5 years ago to replicate experiments from 50 high-impact cancer biology papers, but gradually shrank that number, now expects to complete just 18 studies.
Digital Open Science - Teaching Digital Tools for Reproducible and Transparent Research
Digital Open Science - Teaching Digital Tools for Reproducible and Transparent Research
An introductory course that guides students towards a reproducible science workflow.
Scientists, Do You Want to Succeed on Twitter? Here’s How Many Followers You Need
Scientists, Do You Want to Succeed on Twitter? Here’s How Many Followers You Need
Tweeting can help science outreach, but may take persistence.
Why It Is Not a 'Failure' to Leave Academia
Here's how PhD students can prepare for different careers, and how lab heads can help.
Fields Medal Winner Caucher Birkar Gets a New Medal After Original Prize Was Stolen
A Kurdish refugee whose top mathematics prize was stolen minutes after he received the honor this week in Rio de Janeiro will get a replacement medal on Saturday, organisers said.
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