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Funding Information in Web of Science: an Updated Overview

Funding Information in Web of Science: an Updated Overview

Despite the limitations of funding acknowledgment (FA) data in Web of Science (WoS), studies using FA information have increased rapidly over the last several years. Considering this WoS' recent practice of updating funding data, this paper further investigates the characteristics and distribution of FA data in four WoS journal citation indexes.

WHO Launches Global Megatrial of the Four Most Promising Coronavirus Treatments

WHO Launches Global Megatrial of the Four Most Promising Coronavirus Treatments

Simple design aims to let even overwhelmed physicians and hospitals participate

Authors Overestimate Their Contribution to Scientific Work, Demonstrating a Strong Bias

Authors Overestimate Their Contribution to Scientific Work, Demonstrating a Strong Bias

Teamwork is an essential component of science. It affords the exchange of ideas and the execution of research that can entail high levels of complexity and scope.

Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine Hippos' Show How Invasive Species Can Restore a Lost World

Pablo Escobar's 'cocaine Hippos' Show How Invasive Species Can Restore a Lost World

Descendants of the drug lord's pets bear similarities to extinct megafauna

Antibodies from COVID-19 Survivors Could Be Used to Treat Patients, Protect Those at Risk

Antibodies from COVID-19 Survivors Could Be Used to Treat Patients, Protect Those at Risk

Infusions of antibody-laden blood have been used with reported success in prior outbreaks, including the SARS epidemic and the 1918 flu pandemic.

Coronavirus and Mild Winter Helps Germany to Reach 2020 Climate Target

Coronavirus and Mild Winter Helps Germany to Reach 2020 Climate Target

Think-tank Agora Energiewende calculates emissions to drop by 50-120m tonnes this year but warns of lower green investments post-crisis

Science Papers You Should Be Reading About the Coronavirus

Science Papers You Should Be Reading About the Coronavirus

Here are a few of the papers our scientists are reading that you might want to check out, too.

NSF Marshals Data Science, Blockchain to Streamline Federal Grant Processing

NSF Marshals Data Science, Blockchain to Streamline Federal Grant Processing

The National Science Foundation is testing a creative mix of machine learning, blockchain technology and data science to tackle a stubborn challenge: How to better evaluate more than 60,000 grant applications it receives each year.

Dimensions: COVID-19 Publications, Datasets and Clinical Trials

Dimensions: COVID-19 Publications, Datasets and Clinical Trials

This file contains all relevant publications, datasets and clinical trials from Dimensions that are related to COVID-19.

Open-Access JSTOR Materials Accessible to the Public

Open-Access JSTOR Materials Accessible to the Public

The online academic resource has long had ebooks and journals available without the need for a login.

EPA Proposes Broad Science Restrictions in Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic

EPA Proposes Broad Science Restrictions in Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic

The Environmental Protection Agency moved today to restrict the types of research that can be used in public health protection decisions and scientific assessments. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the agency is recklessly giving the public just 30 days to comment on this sweeping proposal.

Coronavirus - What We're Doing and How You Can Help in Simple Terms

Coronavirus - What We're Doing and How You Can Help in Simple Terms

We’re simulating the dynamics of COVID-19 proteins to hunt for new therapeutic opportunities. In fact, there are a number of ways you can help, and they’re not mutually exclusive.

Medical Company Threatens to Sue Volunteers That 3D-printed Valves for Life-saving Coronavirus Treatments

Medical Company Threatens to Sue Volunteers That 3D-printed Valves for Life-saving Coronavirus Treatments

The 3D printed valves have saved 10 patients so far.

'There is a Policy of Surrender': Doctor on UK's Covid-19 Failures

'There is a Policy of Surrender': Doctor on UK's Covid-19 Failures

Consultant Mark Gallagher can't understand why the NHS is not testing its staff for coronavirus.

Limited Open Access to Cambridge University Press Textbooks

Limited Open Access to Cambridge University Press Textbooks

Cambridge University Press is making higher education textbooks in HTML format free to access online during the coronavirus outbreak.

Publishers Make Coronavirus Content Freely Available and Reusable

Publishers Make Coronavirus Content Freely Available and Reusable

More than 25 leading publishers have committed to making all of their COVID-19 and coronavirus-related publications, and the available data supporting them, immediately accessible in PubMed Central and other public repositories.

Coronavirus Cases Have Dropped Sharply in South Korea. What's the Secret to Its Success?

Coronavirus Cases Have Dropped Sharply in South Korea. What's the Secret to Its Success?

A scary brush with Middle East respiratory syndrome led the country to set up the world's most expansive testing program for COVID-19

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand

The global impact of COVID-19 has been profound, and the public health threat it represents is the most serious seen in a respiratory virus since the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic.Here we present the results of epidemiological modelling which has informed policymaking in the UK and other countries in recent weeks.

Help! I Need to Teach My Course Online and I've Never Done This Before!

Help! I Need to Teach My Course Online and I've Never Done This Before!

In times of crisis, we need community. With schools, colleges and universities mandating online teaching and learning in response to COVID-19, often with only a week of preparation time, people are scrambling for resources and information.

The Power of the Individual in an Exponential Crisis

The Power of the Individual in an Exponential Crisis

A simple graph illustrates the power of exponential growth in infectious times and how individuals can affect change.

What is Peer Review in Science? A Complete Guide - ARTiFACTS

What is Peer Review in Science? A Complete Guide - ARTiFACTS

Ready to stop asking yourself, what is a peer review in science? Allow us to enlighten you. Here is your complete guide!

How to fight the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, CoVID-19

How to fight the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, CoVID-19

An informational briefing on COVID-19.