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While green and gold open access have been put forward as two worthy emperors, it is time to conclude that they are unclothed.
In this piece, I will explain how the explanation of the emergence of life could also explain the mechanism of Deep Learning.
Journals are adopting policies that require the disclosure of individual authors’ contributions. However, it is not clear whether and how these disclosures improve upon the conventional approach.
This Thanksgiving, we bring you four portraits of immigrants in tech—from the C-Suite to the gig economy.
With the revision to the Copyright Act, the Federal Council wants to strengthen the rights and interests of creative artists and the cultural industries by taking a resolute approach to pirated online content.
Scientific careers are built on recognition. It influences every stage of employment, from obtaining your first postdoc to landing an academic position or winning funding.
Here's a list of more cultural things we can do to reduce the stress/pressure around the reproducibility crisis.
Some of the 1,250 people working at the year-old laboratory say its open plan layout, designed to produce collaboration, makes it hard to focus on work
By day, "Olivia Doll" sits on the boards of seven academic journals; by night, she's a Staffordshire terrier named Ollie, owned by Mike Daube, a public health expert in Perth, Australia.
Claiming overreach by a new publisher, the journal’s editorial board asks for disciplinary action from the National Library of Medicine.
A US Research Integrity Advisory Board is long overdue. Such a leadership body would mitigate bad practices and strengthen good research.
The accusations against the Hollywood producer have prompted frank conversations about sexual misconduct. But it will still take a lot to shift how higher education treats such cases, experts say.
Tool to scrutinize research papers identifies mistakes in gene sequences.
It might feel like rocket science, but scientists need to get better at explaining things to people outside academia.
A large-scale empirical study based on F1000Prime, altmetrics, and citation data.
Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, has called for political leaders to speak more about science and innovation to connect people with the life-changing research that is funded by their taxes and has the potential to combat urgent global problems.
Some top researchers prosper in Hungary as country tries to improve its international standing in science.
One of the best ways to shape public policy is for experts to submit detailed, technical information through the public comment process.
For all the wonderful things academic societies do, they tend to be incredibly conservative and have done very little to suggest that they can lead on publishing innovation.
On the important role of professional medical writers in improving the quality of reports on clinical trials.
More than 100 educational institutions, including some of the world's most prestigious, appear linked to blocker funds and other offshore investments.
