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With usual funding sources squeezed, and Brexit round the corner, researchers are asking the public to fund their studies through crowdfunding – from bees to LSD
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With usual funding sources squeezed, and Brexit round the corner, researchers are asking the public to fund their studies through crowdfunding – from bees to LSD
For some time now PLOS has discussed new initiatives designed to accelerate research communication.
Survey reveals three quarters of academics have shared data despite widespread uncertainty.
Open research is about more than open access. It is about making all aspects of the research process open to all possible interested parties.
A computational guy’s take on the “reproducibility crisis”
Lynn Kamerlin makes a point of supporting her trainees' career aspirations, whatever they may be
Scholars and their significant others share the good, the bad and the ugly.
While the practice of preprinting in the life sciences is not completely new, it has grown dramatically over the past few years.
There is a growing trend of authors purchasing a spot on the author list of papers-for-sale – and the better the journal, the higher the price.
On the importance of identifying variables explaining the underlying differences in individual reviewer decision-making.
Health Ethics and Policy Lab of the University of Zurich invites you to explore some of the most controversial issues in digital health.
Via a NASA-led citizen science project, eight people with no formal training in astrophysics helped discover what could be a fruitful new place to search for planets outside our solar system.
Scripps and Calibr set to join forces
Scientists have to publish a constant stream of new results to succeed. But in the process, their success may lead to science’s failure, two new studies warn.
Taking potshots at some scientific research is a pastime of American politics. But critics need to assess the merits of the research they target beforehand.
ScienceOpen partners with the Open Library of Humanities to open up the context of HSS research
A guide on how to make Twitter work for academic purposes.
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