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Availability of Open Reference Data Nears 50% as Major Societies and Influential Publishers Endorse the Initiative for Open Citations

Availability of Open Reference Data Nears 50% as Major Societies and Influential Publishers Endorse the Initiative for Open Citations

In the three months following the Initiative for Open Citations' launch, the percentage of articles with open reference data has moved from 40% to over 45%.

Many Postdocs Face Challenges Securing Parental Leave, New Report Highlights

Many Postdocs Face Challenges Securing Parental Leave, New Report Highlights

Navigating leave policies can be tricky, so postdocs need to be proactive and investigate all their resources.

Survey Reveals Widespread Bias in Astronomy and Planetary Science

Survey Reveals Widespread Bias in Astronomy and Planetary Science

39 percent reported having been verbally harassed and 9 percent said they had suffered physical harassment at work.

Sparrho Raises $3 Million to Democratize Access to Science Research

Sparrho Raises $3 Million to Democratize Access to Science Research

Sparrho is developing a free platform to find and share research publications and patents.

MIT Convenes Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to Institute's Research

MIT Convenes Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to Institute's Research

Group will explore opportunities to disseminate MIT knowledge as widely as possible.

Europe Pauses Funding for €500 Million Fusion Research Reactor

Europe Pauses Funding for €500 Million Fusion Research Reactor

Italian scientists eager to go for it alone on experiment to tackle ‘waste heat’ problem.

Next EU Research Fund Needs to Help Start-Ups to Scale-Up

Next EU Research Fund Needs to Help Start-Ups to Scale-Up

Fear of investing in innovation is preventing promising start-ups from reaching their full potential and that’s preventing growth across Europe, a conference on the future of EU research funding heard.

AI Zooms in on Highly Influential Citations

AI Zooms in on Highly Influential Citations

Semantic Scholar is the first scientific engine to automatically identify the subset of a paper's citations in which the paper had a strong impact on the citing work.

AI Is Changing How We Do Science. Get a Glimpse

AI Is Changing How We Do Science. Get a Glimpse

AI systems spot new particles, see galaxies, sense the public mood from social media.

Next Big Science-Funding Programme Urged to Double its Budget

Next Big Science-Funding Programme Urged to Double its Budget

Influential report suggests simpler, more citizen-friendly system for post-2020 EU research funding.

Framework Programme Set to Go Global

Framework Programme Set to Go Global

Framework 9 should be opened up to countries beyond Europe’s neighbours so that the EU can benefit more from global talent, a group of insiders has said.

Government Funding of Both Basic and Applied Research Is Essential

Government Funding of Both Basic and Applied Research Is Essential

We have heard a lot of discussion in the U.S. recently in favor of government support for basic research but against support of applied research.