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Which Academic Search Systems are Suitable for Systematic Reviews or Meta‐Analyses?

Which Academic Search Systems are Suitable for Systematic Reviews or Meta‐Analyses?

This study investigates and compares the systematic search qualities of 28 widely used academic search systems, including Google Scholar, PubMed and Web of Science.

Science and Its Significant Other: Representing the Humanities in Bibliometric Scholarship

Science and Its Significant Other: Representing the Humanities in Bibliometric Scholarship

The article explores the conceptual frameworks, methods, and data sources used in bibliometrics to study the nature of the humanities, and its differences and similarities in comparison with other scientific domains.

Establishing online mentorship for early career researchers: Lessons from the Organization for Human Brain Mapping International Mentoring Programme

Establishing online mentorship for early career researchers: Lessons from the Organization for Human Brain Mapping International Mentoring Programme

Mentorship in academia facilitates personal growth through pairing trainees with mentors who can share insight and expertise.Expertise can be purely academic, on work‐life balance, personal branding and networking, or general career advice. Mentoring has been shown to be beneficial for mentees, both in terms of objective research productivity and subjective outcomes. Several institutions/organizations have formal in‐person mentoring programs that pair early‐ to mid‐career researchers with mentors who are not their direct supervisors. With global integration in science, however, geographical proximity between mentors and mentees is relevant to a lesser degree.

Wiley Becomes First Major Publisher to Require ORCID IDs for Submitting Authors

Wiley Becomes First Major Publisher to Require ORCID IDs for Submitting Authors

John Wiley & Sons Inc. announced today plans to require ORCID iDs as part of the manuscript submission process for a large number of journals. Beginning in winter 2016, more than 500 Wiley journals using ScholarOne Manuscripts will require the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID identifier (iD) when submitting a manuscript. Wiley is proud to be the first major publisher to join other stakeholders that have signed ORCID’s open letter.

Gender Bias and the Peer Review Process

Gender Bias and the Peer Review Process

Emma Sayer Lecturer, Lancaster University Despite increased efforts to improve gender equality in academia, gender bias still affects many areas of science.

The Mass Production of Redundant, Misleading, and Conflicted Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses

The Mass Production of Redundant, Misleading, and Conflicted Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses

John P.A. Ioannidis argues that the production of systematic reviews and meta-analyses has reached epidemic proportions.

EMBO and Wiley launch the SmartFigures Lab

EMBO and Wiley launch the SmartFigures Lab

‘SmartFigures Lab’ is a prototype online publishing website with enhanced data presentation capabilities. The site results from the integration of SmartFigures, an open source application of the EMBO SourceData platform, with Wiley’s Content Enrichment Framework and research & development environment.

Organised crime against the academic peer review system

Organised crime against the academic peer review system

Editorials are generally about what we did right in our journal and we do not often publish about our failures. Yet, in this Editorial we feel we have to convey the full story of how we went entirely off track with the publication of a paper.

Error and Discovery: Why Repeating Can Be New

Error and Discovery: Why Repeating Can Be New

The fascinating story of the discovery of nuclear fission began with an error that earned Enrico Fermi (see picture) a Nobel Prize for the apparent but incorrect discovery of the transuranic elements. Careful repetition and extension of the experiments finally led to the correct interpretation by Hahn, Meitner, Strassmann, Frisch, and Bohr as an effect from nuclear fission of the “small impurity” of  (0.7 %) contained in natural uranium.

Wiley-Publons pilot program enhances peer-reviewer recognition

Wiley-Publons pilot program enhances peer-reviewer recognition

Wiley is piloting a partnership with Publons to give you official recognition for your peer review work. This partnership means you can opt-in to have your reviews for participating Wiley journals automatically added to your reviewer profile on Publons.