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The richest awards in science were handed out Sunday night when the Breakthrough Prize organization presented a total of $21.9 million to physicists, mathematicians, life scientists and one talented high school student.
Nosek et al. found that compared to simply asking experts to predict the likelihood that studies will be reproduced, asking them to bet money on the outcomes improved the accuracy of the guesses.
Unique companies invest early and often to develop technology from the ivory tower.
The use of journal impacts in evaluating individuals has its inherent dangers. In an ideal world, evaluators would read each article and make personal judgments.
The Eurosceptics say universities would be unaffected, or even improved, by a Brexit. They are wrong, says this vice-chancellor.
Over the past nine years, Canada has been a pretty dreary place for scientists.
Social media is shaking up how scientists talk about gender issues.
Breuning et al. include some tips for avoiding reviewer fatigue:
An analysis of the education of researchers that constitute the main Brazilian research groups, using data on about 6,000 researchers.
Semantic Scholar comes from centre backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
European Commission hopes agreement will restore lost confidence.
Success rates fall at five out of six councils amid warnings that the process could become ‘more of a lottery’ as reviewers are stretched.
Editors and editorial board quit top linguistics journal to protest subscription fees.
A NY District Court has granted Elsevier's request for a preliminary injunction against several sites that host academic publications without permission.
RELX share price is up 100 percent during the past five years and is now near its all-time high.
The editorial staff of a research journal have resigned to protest the company’s failure to embrace open access.
Open data fuels economic growth. Many believe in the theory and ask for the proof. A new report by Nesta and the ODI adds to the evidence of the impact of open data.
The international university ranking scene has become increasingly complex, confusing and controversial.
Turning research grants into loans risks stymieing successful industry
White paper showing that the vast majority of authors believe that blind peer review helps to minimize discrimination.
An analysis of WoS data spanning more than 100 years reveals the rapid growth and increasing multidisciplinarity of physics, as well its internal map of subdisciplines.
Essay triggers lively arguments over how basic science should be funded.
"The internet has changed everything and people are simply no longer willing to pay $30 to read a paper from 1987."
ORCID has announced the launch of Auto-Update functionality, in collaboration with Crossref and DataCite.
University of California expands the reach of its research publications by issuing a [3]Presidential Open Access Policy, allowing future scholarly articles authored by all UC employees to be freely shared with readers worldwide.
Graduate students dream of academia but are keeping their career options open, according to a 2015 Nature survey.
