All Academia articles – Page 34
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News75% of European spending on scientific journals goes to ‘big five’ publishers
But only 56% of research is published by these top publishers
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NewsRSC report finds publishing pipeline hinders women
Peer reviewers were more likely to reject papers from female authors, especially if the reviewer was male
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NewsHow long do scientists spend formatting manuscripts for publication every year?
Study puts a number on the cost in time and money
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NewsQueen’s speech reveals new research agency planned for UK
Government plans transformative research body based on US’s Arpa to deliver new technologies
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NewsScience now being undermined by US government on an almost weekly basis
Bipartisan report says that abuse of government science has reached record levels
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NewsIn a surprising twist it’s postdocs, not supervisors, who are responsible for PhDs’ research skills
Study tracked 336 graduate students for four years examining written work
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NewsMedicine Nobel prize rewards discovery of cells’ oxygen sensing machinery
William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenza win prize for unravelling how cells sense and adapt to the life-sustaining gas
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NewsDoes peer review make scientists use more cautious language?
Analysis of bioscience journals reveals peer review does introduce more discussion of studies’ limitations
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News1% of chemicals end up on benches in undergrad labs
First effort to quantify spillages points way to improving chemical handling
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NewsScience really does advance one funeral at a time, study suggests
The death of a scientific superstar can open up a field
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NewsDivided loyalties see Jo Johnson step down as science minister
Scientific and academic community disheartened by resignation of prime minister’s brother once more over handling of Brexit
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NewsWorld Health Organization joins controversial open access Plan S
The Who becomes first UN agency to support the push for open access science publishing
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NewsChina and Japan join ChemRxiv partnership
ChemRxiv is now co-owned by the Chinese and Japanese chemical societies, and their journals will be added to the free preprint server soon
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NewsMistrust in scientific articles exacerbates researchers’ workloads
Survey shows 86% of researchers view at least some research outputs as untrustworthy, and they are taking extra measures to verify them
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NewsMixed reception for German open access deal with Springer Nature
Springer Nature has reached an open access publishing deal with 700 German research universities, but it faces some pushback
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NewsFunding overhauled in India as new umbrella body set up
The National Research Foundation will aim to reinvigorate science and innovation by focussing on funding for universities and colleges
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CareersHave family, will conference
Conferences and caring responsibilities need not be incompatible
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NewsAustralian basic research squeezed as R&D to fall to lowest level for decades
Researchers call for end of benign neglect for science as funding predicted to fall to 40-year low
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NewsCrispr pioneer among University of California researchers boycotting Elsevier
Open letter to the journal publisher withholding editorial work has been signed by 31 members of the university
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NewsResearch would be a ‘casualty’ if English higher education review acted on, Lords warn
Many other areas could suffer too including student lab practicals and infrastructure maintenance