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iSEER: an intelligent automatic computer system for scientific evaluation of researchers

iSEER: an intelligent automatic computer system for scientific evaluation of researchers

An intelligent machine learning framework for scientific evaluation of researchers may help decision makers to better allocate the available funding to the distinguished scientists through providing fair comparative results, regardless of the career age of the researchers.

Individual bibliometric assessment at University of Vienna: from numbers to multidimensional profiles

Individual bibliometric assessment at University of Vienna: from numbers to multidimensional profiles

This paper shows how bibliometric assessment can be implemented at individual level.

The Research Pirates of the Dark Web

The Research Pirates of the Dark Web

After getting shut down late last year, a website that allows free access to paywalled academic papers has sprung back up in a shadowy corner of the Internet.

ArXiv rejections lead to spat over screening process

ArXiv rejections lead to spat over screening process

High-profile physicist says his students' papers were wrongly rejected by the preprint server's volunteer moderators.

A plea for open science on Zika

A plea for open science on Zika

20 funding organizations and public funding agencies from 11 countries promise that they will require grantees to have plans in place for sharing their results and data ASAP.

Obama makes risky bid to increase science spending

Obama makes risky bid to increase science spending

Many research advocates worry that the proposal could backfire in the face of political opposition.

If you fail to reproduce another scientist's results, this journal wants to know

If you fail to reproduce another scientist's results, this journal wants to know

The biotech company Amgen Inc. and prominent biochemist Bruce Alberts have created a new online journal that aims to lift the curtain on often hidden results in biomedicine: failed efforts to confirm other groups' published papers.

Student evaluations of teaching are not only unreliable, they are significantly biased against female instructors.

Student evaluations of teaching are not only unreliable, they are significantly biased against female instructors.

A series of studies across countries and disciplines in higher education confirm that student evaluations of teaching (SET) are significantly correlated with instructor gender, with students regularly rating female instructors lower than male peers.

Evaluating the impact of interdisciplinary research

Evaluating the impact of interdisciplinary research

A method that could be used by funding agencies, universities and scientific policy decision makers for hiring and funding purposes, and to complement existing methods to rank universities and countries.

Evolution and convergence of the patterns of international scientific collaboration

Evolution and convergence of the patterns of international scientific collaboration

This study shows that the long-run patterns of international scientific collaboration are generating a convergence between applied and basic fields. This convergence of collaboration patterns across research fields might be one of contributing factors that supports the evolution of scientific disciplines.

Someone is showing what it'd be like if male scientists were written about like women

Someone is showing what it'd be like if male scientists were written about like women

"A devout husband and father, Darwin balanced his family duties with the study of the specimens he brought from his travels."

Why is it so damn hard to get a paper retracted?

Why is it so damn hard to get a paper retracted?

Despite the real-time scrutiny of internet publication, getting a paper retracted or corrected turns out to be nearly impossible.

The Unknown, Poorly Paid Labor Force Powering Academic Research

The Unknown, Poorly Paid Labor Force Powering Academic Research

Researchers are increasingly relying on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and its crowdsourced labor.

Academics across Europe join 'Brexit' debate

Academics across Europe join 'Brexit' debate

If the United Kingdom leaves the EU, researchers throughout the bloc will feel the effects.

The academic world urges publishers to enter a brave new world

The academic world urges publishers to enter a brave new world

The Chair and Secretary-General of LERU present the signatures to the LERU Statement on Open Access to Commissioner Carlos Moedas and Dutch Secretary of State Sander Dekker.

Montreal institute going 'open' to accelerate science

Montreal institute going 'open' to accelerate science

The Montreal Neurological Institute plans to free up its findings, including data that point to connections between brain regions communicating at different neural rhythms.

Controversial CRISPR history sets off an online firestorm

Controversial CRISPR history sets off an online firestorm

Eric Lander's CRISPR history could determine the outcome of a bitter patent fight, but the author failed to disclose conflicts of interest, critics say.

Don't let transparency damage science

Don't let transparency damage science

Stephan Lewandowsky and Dorothy Bishop explain how the research community should protect its members from harassment, while encouraging the openness that has become essential to science.