The Tao of Open Science for Ecology
The field of ecology is poised to take advantage of emerging technologies that facilitate the gathering, analyzing, and sharing of data, methods, and results.
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Wellcome’s New Policy on Sharing Research Data
What it means for researchers.
Understanding the Demand for Reproducible Research Articles
Life scientists told us whether they would like to share and read computationally reproducible research articles.
Ravens Are So Smart, One Hacked This Researcher's Experiment
Researchers had to remove the bird because they were worried it’d teach the others.
Promote Scientific Integrity via Journal Peer Review Data
Promote Scientific Integrity via Journal Peer Review Data
There is too little sound research on journal peer review.
Sci-Hub Provides Access to Nearly All Scholarly Literature
Sci-Hub's contains 68.9% of all 81.6 million scholarly articles, which rises to 85.2% for those published in closed access journals and 77.0% of the 5.2 million articles published by inactive journals.
Text Mining of 15 Million Full-Text Scientific Articles
An analysis of 15 million English scientific full-text articles published during the period 1823-2016.
Case Study on Researcher Strategies Against Fear of Scooping in the Context of Open Science
Case Study on Researcher Strategies Against Fear of Scooping in the Context of Open Science
Openness requires trust in close peers, but not necessarily in research community or society at large.
A Monograph for Tomorrow
Open access looks set to shake up the humanities and social sciences book landscape for the better.
Einstein’s Little-Known Passion Project? A Refrigerator
Humanity might have saved itself a lot of trouble in the long run by investing in the Einstein-Szilard approach to cooling water with fire.
Termination of Contracts with Elsevier 2017
A list of instutions cancelling their contracts with Elsevier by the end of 2017.
What Do the 2014 REF Results Tell Us About the Relationship Between Excellent Research and Societal Impact
What Do the 2014 REF Results Tell Us About the Relationship Between Excellent Research and Societal Impact
The 2014 REF results show only a very weak relationship between excellence in research and achieving societal impact.
From Mandates to Platforms: Have Funders Lost Patience With Publishers?
Publishing platforms from The Wellcome Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the European Commission alter Open Access.
Predatory Journals Hit by 'Star Wars' Sting
A number of so-called scientific journals have accepted a Star Wars-themed spoof paper.
How Do You Know What Research to Trust?
Bill Radke talks to Paul Basken, science policy reporter for the Chronicle of Higher Education, about how we should consume news that reports on scientific research.
The Battle for Free Knowledge
The issue regarding free access to academic journals and content is growing increasingly contentious, with founders of sites that enable this facing the might of the law. But should knowledge be exclusive?
Science Cloud Needs Some Solidity
The European Commission has offered funding for an internet for research data. But it’s unclear what it expects to get for its money.
Researchers Can Now Publish Interactive Plotly Figures in F1000
F1000 is reducing the open access publishing charges for all articles containing an interactive Plotly figure by 50%.
Do Last Week's European Copyright Votes Show Publishers Have Captured European Politics?
Do Last Week's European Copyright Votes Show Publishers Have Captured European Politics?
A small change would open up a whole new class of works for which publishers could demand payment for the use of small snippets, apparently including works that the author had released under an open access license.
14 Podcasts That Take Science Seriously
From an audio version of a peer-reviewed journal to 60-second crash courses, these are the best science podcasts.
A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective on Emergent and Future Innovations in Peer Review
A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective on Emergent and Future Innovations in Peer Review
Examining the functionality of a range of social Web platforms, and comparing these with the traits underlying a viable peer review system.
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