dalmeetsMar 181 minDigital badges aren’t enough incentive for researchers to share their dataOnline badges don’t motivate researchers to share their data when submitting to a medical journal, the first ever randomised controlled trial on the practice...
dalmeetsMar 131 minBig increase in research funding promised for UKThe UK chancellor of the exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced a boost to public funding for research and development, leaving many researchers cautiously pl...
dalmeetsFeb 141 minThey Wanted Research Funding, So They Entered the LotteryA few years ago, Anna Ponnampalam did something out-of-the-box. She entered a lottery. But she wasn’t buying scratch-off tickets promising cash for life. She...
dalmeetsJan 301 minOnline platform allows researchers to claim credit for grant peer reviewPublons, a website that allows peer reviewers to claim credit for refereeing manuscripts, is expanding its remit to grant peer review. Last month, the London...
dalmeetsNov 22, 20191 minDon’t let researchers recommend who reviews their workWhy do some other funders and scholarly publishers still allow researchers to suggest reviewers to evaluate their work? Some funders and publishers call the ...
dalmeetsOct 10, 20191 minRussian science stays at homeRussia is lagging behind the global norm of cross-border, far-reaching science. A new study has found that researchers based in Russia publish a higher perce...
dalmeetsSep 27, 20191 minMost researchers are satisfied with peer review, survey saysThree in four researchers are satisfied with science’s quality control system, according to a new survey of more than 3,000 academics by the advocacy group S...
dalmeetsSep 19, 20191 minResearchers in Italy are increasingly citing researchers in ItalyFollowing the rollout of a controversial policy that makes the promotion of academics contingent on bibliometric success, scholars in Italy increasingly cite...
dalmeetsSep 18, 20191 minResearch returnees boost China’s scientific impactEurope and US-based Chinese researchers have been flooding back to China in recent years — and having a significant impact in the literature after returning ...
dalmeetsSep 12, 20191 minScience really does advance one funeral at a time, study suggests‘A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new...
dalmeetsAug 29, 20191 minCleaning up misinterpreted forensic evidenceIn July, the World Economic Forum unveiled its annual list of the world’s 21 brightest scientific minds aged under 40. That list includes Ruth Morgan, direct...
dalmeetsJul 25, 20191 minUK to set up research integrity committee by 2020The UK is establishing a research integrity committee to better monitor how robustly the nation’s universities carry out research misconduct investigations. ...
dalmeetsJul 3, 20191 minLarge study supports discarding the term ‘high-functioning autism’Autistic people described as ‘high functioning’ because they do not have intellectual disability often still struggle with daily living skills, according to ...
dalmeetsJul 3, 20191 minSingapore joins the rise of research integrity networksResearch integrity professionals in Singapore have responded to a high-profile case of research misconduct by launching a professional network to discuss res...
dalmeetsJun 28, 20191 minConcerns remain over European open-access proposalOn 30 May, many pay-to-read academic publishers breathed a sigh of relief. That day the funding agencies spearheading Plan S decided to delay the implementat...
dalmeetsJun 18, 20191 minNew database helps clarify journal policiesTrawling through the websites of academic journals to decipher their publication policies can be a laborious task. A new database aims to simplify the proces...
dalmeetsApr 29, 20191 minJunior researchers often ghostwrite peer reviewsAround half of the researchers participating in a new survey have admitted ghostwriting referee reports on behalf of senior faculty. The high proportion of p...
dalmeetsApr 18, 20191 minStudy quantifies the growing traction of open accessResearchers worldwide are taking an average of 472 days less to post their studies in online repositories due to mandates from research funders requiring the...
dalmeetsApr 17, 20191 min‘Friendly’ reviewers rate grant applications more highlyPeer reviewers are four times more likely to give a grant application an "excellent" or "outstanding" score rather than a "poor" or "good" one when they are ...
dalmeetsMar 2, 20191 minInternational collaboration yields less-novel research, study suggestsResearchers who collaborate with colleagues abroad may produce work that is less novel than those who have collaborators in the same country, a new study sug...
