The most interesting recent scientific news
Edge annual question: what do you consider the most interesting recent scientific news? What makes it important?
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ACSB Reproducibility Report
The difficulty in replicating research findings has been at the center of the attention in the specialized and lay press for a number of years and is more recently attracting the attention of the Administration and Congress.
Open research data report
Conservative estimates of the value and benefits to Australia of making publicly-funded research data freely available.
The glaring paradox of impact vs. experience in biology journals
The professionally trained scientists who make decisions on biology papers at the big journals with the big journal impact factors have significantly less scientific experience and far weaker publication records than the editors of lower journal impact factor biology journals.
The NIPS Experiment
Half of the papers appearing at the NIPS conference would be rejected if the review process were rerun.
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