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How to Get the Most Out of a Conference
It helps to choose the right scholarly meeting and to swallow your discomfort with schmoozing.
To Steal or Not to Steal? Could Sci-Hub Change the Publishing Industry?
Elsevier, a major scientific publisher, has a 36 percent profit margin - bigger than Apple, Amazon, and Google. And it's just one of many. But Sci-Hub could change all that by releasing every article for free.
Cheap Flights Increase Research Collaboration, Study Finds
Expansion of US carrier associated with an increase in partnerships of more than 30 percent.
Copyright Reforms Draw Fire from Scientists
The latest drafts of the copyright regulations in the EU have triggered a wave of criticism from open-science advocates saying that the proposals will stifle research and scholarly communication.
Elsevier Reports 40% Gender Pay Gap
Elsevier has reported a median pay gap of 40%, more than twice the UK average of 18.4% and the highest yet reported by a publishing company.
Winner of DARPA Robot Competition Partners with Weapons Company, AI Researchers Call For Boycott
Update to Analysis of Open Science Policies Finds New Activity in Multiple Countries
Update to Analysis of Open Science Policies Finds New Activity in Multiple Countries
Open Data policy development in Europe is constantly evolving. In an effort to stay abreast of these changes on behalf of the community, the DCC, together with SPARC Europe, has recently released an update to our analysis of Open Data policies in Europe.
French Universities Cancel Subscriptions to Springer Journals
Negotiations between the publisher and a national consortium of academic institutions have reached a stalemate.
Making the Leap Back to Research
After leaving the lab, these three scientists decided they wanted to go back and made it happen.
Dr Patrick Vallance Takes up His Appointment as Government Chief Scientific Adviser
Dr Patrick Vallance starts in his role as Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) today.
The Training Handbook
A group of fourteen authors came together in February 2018 at the TIB (German National Library of Science and Technology) in Hannover to create an open, living handbook on Open Science training.
What’s Wrong with the JIF in 5 Graphs
Scholars love to hate the journal impact factor, but how flawed is it?
Squeaky Clean Mice Could Be Ruining Research
Most lab mice are kept in pristine conditions, but a few immunologists think a dose of dirt could make them a better model of human disease.
It’s Time for the US to Get Serious About Funding Open Access
University of California libraries tackle the transition from subscription-based publishing to sustainable open access.
How You Count Counts
The difference between full counting and fractional counting of publiations should inform our interpretation of the headlines.
New Pan-African Open Access Journal
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Next Einstein Forum and Elsevier launch a megajournal to boost African research and collaboration.
Universities Have Too Few Women at the Top. How Can They Redress the Balance?
Universities Have Too Few Women at the Top. How Can They Redress the Balance?
Across the UK, universities are falling behind government targets to increase female representation on their boards by 2020. What steps can they take?
Life Science Alliance
Life Science Alliance is a global, open-access, editorially independent, and peer-reviewed journal launched by an alliance of EMBO Press, Rockefeller University Press, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
Assessing Scientists for Hiring, Promotion, and Tenure
A growing number of scientific leaders believe the current system of faculty incentives and rewards is misaligned with the needs of society. Here we propose six principles for assessing scientists and associated research and policy implications.