Ukraine: Holding Lectures While the Bombs Fall
With the Russian army marching on his home city, a Ukrainian scholar must decide how to respond.
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Career Change: When Dreams Don't Come True
As she closes the door on her time in academia, a neuroscientist faces unexpected grief.
Meta-Research: Individual-level Researcher Data Confirm the Widening Gender Gap in Publishing Rates During COVID-19
Meta-Research: Individual-level Researcher Data Confirm the Widening Gender Gap in Publishing Rates During COVID-19
Publications are essential for a successful academic career, and there is evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified existing gender disparities in the publishing process. This study demonstrates the importance of reinforcing institutional commitments to diversity through policies that support the inclusion and retention of women in research.
Open Peer Reviewers in Africa: Nominations Are Now Open to Recruit Future Peer-review Trainers Across the Continent
Open Peer Reviewers in Africa: Nominations Are Now Open to Recruit Future Peer-review Trainers Across the Continent
AfricArXiv, Eider Africa, eLife, PREreview, and the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) invite nominations for researchers in the fields of life sciences and medicine who will help co-create and then disseminate resources promoting best open peer-review practices in Africa.
Peer Review: Feeling Like a 'real' Scientist
Peer reviewing helped a graduate student to finally gain a sense of belonging within the research community.
COVID-19 and the Research Community: It is Time for Open Access in Clinical Care
COVID-19 and the Research Community: It is Time for Open Access in Clinical Care
A healthcare center widely sharing its internal guidelines on how to treat COVID-19 patients "just wasn't done." As the pandemic raged at a Boston hospital, the next generation of clinical leaders pushed for change.
ELife Community Ambassadors: Welcoming 128 Researchers to the Programme
Advocates of responsible science practises representing over 50 countries join the eLife Community Ambassadors programme to learn from each other and create change across the global research community.
Research Funders Invest in 'publish, then Review' Model for Science Publishing
Research Funders Invest in 'publish, then Review' Model for Science Publishing
New investment from eLife's funder-partners reflects their commitment to transforming research communication.
ELife, PREreview and Partners Develop Course to Involve More African Researchers in Peer Review
ELife, PREreview and Partners Develop Course to Involve More African Researchers in Peer Review
The training course adds to ongoing efforts to promote greater diversity in scholarly review.
ELife Announces New Approach to Publishing in Medicine
By bringing rigorous review and editorial oversight to clinical preprints, eLife hopes to make peer-reviewed preprints a currency of trust in medicine.
ELife Extends Support for Coko's Work on Open-source Publishing Solutions
eLife and Coko will continue working together on new systems and approaches to research communication.
Collaborative Workshop: Best Practices and Innovative Approaches to Peer Review (29 April)
Collaborative Workshop: Best Practices and Innovative Approaches to Peer Review (29 April)
Join AfricArXiv, Eider Africa, TCC Africa, and PREreview for a virtual discussion and collaborative review of an African-relevant preprint.
ELife Latest: Authors Can Now Submit a Manuscript to the Journal and MedRxiv at the Same Time
ELife Latest: Authors Can Now Submit a Manuscript to the Journal and MedRxiv at the Same Time
As eLife transitions to exclusively reviewing preprints, we have integrated medRxiv into our submission process for the rapid sharing of new medical research.
Meta-Research: Weak Evidence of Country- and Institution-Related Status Bias in the Peer Review of Abstracts
Meta-Research: Weak Evidence of Country- and Institution-Related Status Bias in the Peer Review of Abstracts
A preregistered survey experiment spanning six disciplines has found weak evidence of bias in favour of authors from high-status countries and institutions.
ELife and PREreview Partner to Promote Greater Diversity in Peer Review
The two initiatives are continuing their joint efforts to increase the diversity of voices in scholarly review.
ELife and Stencila Announce Roadmap for Bringing Reproducible Publishing to More Authors
ELife and Stencila Announce Roadmap for Bringing Reproducible Publishing to More Authors
The next phase of the Executable Research Article project will focus on reducing barriers to the authoring and publication of reproducible research papers.
Early-Career Advisory Group: Applications Open for Candidates to Join in 2021
Early-Career Advisory Group: Applications Open for Candidates to Join in 2021
The Early-Career Advisory Group is looking for five early-career researchers to join our advisory group and help us realise our mission to transform research communication.
Open-source Community Call: The Latest Developments in Open Publishing and Research Communication
Open-source Community Call: The Latest Developments in Open Publishing and Research Communication
Join the next call on open research communication projects to share and discuss emerging projects and significant updates for ongoing ones.
ELife Collaborates with Novel Coronavirus Research Compendium on Manuscript Curation and Review
ELife Collaborates with Novel Coronavirus Research Compendium on Manuscript Curation and Review
The two initiatives have come together in their shared objective to help scientists and the public navigate the high volume of important new research.
ELife and COVID-19: Data Deposition Required for All C19 Rapid Review Publishers
Imaging Methods Are Vastly Underreported in Biomedical Research
The poor reporting of imaging methods in the scientific literature is hindering the evaluation and replication of biomedical research.
ELife Launches Executable Research Articles for Publishing Computationally Reproducible Results
ELife Launches Executable Research Articles for Publishing Computationally Reproducible Results
Authors with a published eLife paper can now enrich their work with embedded code blocks and computed outputs to make their results more transparent, interactive and reproducible.
Meta-Research: COVID-19 Medical Papers Have Fewer Women First Authors Than Expected
Meta-Research: COVID-19 Medical Papers Have Fewer Women First Authors Than Expected
Lockdowns in the United States caused by the COVID-19 pandemic appear related to a decrease in the number of women publishing research papers, especially as first authors.
Racism in Science: We Need to Act Now
It is easy to make excuses – the legacy of historic racism is so strong that there are not a lot of senior Black scientists to choose from, and those that have survived the gauntlet are in demand and overcommitted, and so on and so forth. But these excuses are lame.
ELife and COVID-19: Keeping Communications Open with Online Research Talks
ELife and COVID-19: Keeping Communications Open with Online Research Talks
eLife hosts online seminars to support early-career researchers to present their research online instead of in person.
ELife Latest: Taking Steps to Increase the Diversity of Our Editorial Board
ELife Latest: Taking Steps to Increase the Diversity of Our Editorial Board
As the Board of Reviewing Editors reaches 500, we reflect on recent recruitment efforts.
Mental Health in Academia: What About Faculty?
After two heart attacks in three years, an associate professor discusses the challenges of faculty life.
Releasing a Preprint is Associated with More Attention and Citations for the Peer-reviewed Article
Releasing a Preprint is Associated with More Attention and Citations for the Peer-reviewed Article
This observational study can help researchers and publishers make informed decisions about how to incorporate preprints into their work.
Research Culture: Co-reviewing and Ghostwriting by Early-career Researchers in the Peer Review of Manuscripts
Research Culture: Co-reviewing and Ghostwriting by Early-career Researchers in the Peer Review of Manuscripts
Early career researchers commonly peer review manuscripts on behalf of invited reviewers, often without receiving feedback or being named to the journal.
Mental Health in Academia
How can the scientific community support researchers with mental health issues?
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