Achieving Open Access
both in Europe and Latin America principles have been postulated to achieve Open Access. Europe calls it Plan S while in Latin America it…
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A New Vision for the Statistical Training of Scientists
Many of today's problems in science are substantially driven by deficits in statistical thinking and data skills that are common across the sciences. This opinion article justifies this position, and offers ways that these deficits might be addressed.
Travel Blockers: What Gets in the Way of Early Career Travel?
Five junior researchers share their thoughts on travel barriers.
Dear Publishing. I Love You, but Right Now I Don't Like You Very Much. An Open Letter.
Dear Publishing. I Love You, but Right Now I Don't Like You Very Much. An Open Letter.
Dear Publishing Industry,
Seeking Projects at the Intersection of Openness and Science
Mozilla has opened applications for Open Science Mini-Grants. The latest round of grants seeks projects that address open practices in the field of biomedicine.
How the BBC Visual and Data Journalism Team Works with Graphics in R
Over the past year, we've fundamentally changed how we produce graphics.
Elsevier's High Profit Model Makes them Anti-Open
Elsevier argues that they make their citation data available through their subscription database, Scopus, and that “[…] Elsevier cannot make such a large corpus of data, which it has added significant value to, available for free."
Digital Humanities + Libraries: Revolution or Evolution?
The US focus of digital humanities in libraries seems to be shifting toward skills, tools and methods and away from collections and projects.
It's Not a Replication Crisis. It's an Innovation Opportunity
Australian cancer researcher Glenn Begley who raised attention to the fact that many published scientific findings cannot be reproduced ,says that he never described it as a replication crisis, beacuse if one takes the funding from the lazy scientists and give it to really good scientists, it is an innovation opportunity.
When Open Access to Research Becomes Personal
I’m not the first to come up with a personal story about the importance of open access and I’m not going to tell my story right now. I want to tell two other stories from the past couple of weeks that have reinforced for me why I do what I do every day in advocating for full and immediate open access to research.
CRISPR: You Have Seen the Good, Now See the Bad
CRISPR is indeed an exciting and promising technology that's already affecting the lives of many people. That said, we should be cautious.
Life After PhD - where Do We Go Now?
When embarking on the next career step, is someone's PhD a blessing or a curse?
Small Money, Big Change - Mozilla Open Leaders
Mozilla Science Mini Grants are now open for applications.
Facts, risks and emotions
Has journalism and science communication crossed a line?
Tips from the Other Side: How to Write the Best Graduate Fellowship Applications
Tips from the Other Side: How to Write the Best Graduate Fellowship Applications
A few tips and tricks for both doing your best on the application and making it through the process with your self esteem intact.
Scaling Up Paywalled Academic Article Sharing by Legal Means
Announcing R4R to connect authors to peers
Collaboration + Technology + Open Science : Chan Zuckerberg Science Initiative
Collaboration + Technology + Open Science : Chan Zuckerberg Science Initiative
Chan Zuckerberg Science Initiative's approach to accelerating science and curing disease.
This Woman Discovered Scintillating Deep-Space Objects, and Her Male Colleague Got the Nobel Prize
This Woman Discovered Scintillating Deep-Space Objects, and Her Male Colleague Got the Nobel Prize
Jocelyn Bell Burnell's skills on the radio telescope were on point. Following the discovery of pulsars, Bell Burnell faced casual sexism from the media and public as well.
Academia Is the Alternative Career Path
All graduate students should be planning their post-PhD employment from year one. Supported and nurtured by their institutions and their supervisors. There is a catch for supervisors: they are themselves academics, and so will understandably have little clue about what might constitute useful training for the current job market. The onus must so fall on broader shoulders, of the institutions and funders.
Every (Scientific) Observation Matters
With the current crisis that Academia is witnessing; irreproducibility of scientific research, extravagant costs associated with…
Peer Review is Not Scientific
How a process designed to ensure scientific rigor is tainted by randomness, bias, and arbitrary delays.
We’re In an Epidemic of Mistrust in Science
Polling shows that the number of people who believe science has "made life more difficult" increased by 50 percent from 2009 to 2015.
The PhD Picnic Guidelines, Rewritten
A different take on advice frequently given to PhD students.
Blockchain Solutions for Scientific Publishing
Blockchain technology challenges the traditional Scientific Research and Publishing Process.
12 Renowned Scientists Who Were Also Refugees
Many of history's greatest scientists were also refugees. These are their stories.
For Open Science, but up a Different Path
According to Wikipedia, Open Science is "the movement to make scientific research, data and dissemination accessible to all levels of an inquiring society, amateur or professional." That definition raises a number of questions.
Understanding the Implications of Open Citations — How Far Along Are We?
Understanding the Implications of Open Citations — How Far Along Are We?
The academic discovery space seems to be buzzing again. This space has become relatively stable after the introduction and maturity of Web Scale Discovery between 2009-2013, but things seem to be hotting up once again
How Not To Be A Crank: Ten Rules For Not Being A Science-Dick
When you criticize science in public, you are taking a complicated argument to people who don’t care very much about the work of someone who wishes you’d shut up. This can be difficult to navigate. Although it’s often ‘a complete pain in the taint’ more than just ‘difficult’.
Inferential Statistics Is Not Inferential
Statistical significance and hypothesis testing are not really helpful when it comes to testing our hypotheses.
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