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Addendum to the COAlition S Guidance on the Implementation of Plan S

Addendum to the COAlition S Guidance on the Implementation of Plan S

cOAlition S endorse a number of strategies to encourage subscription publishers to transition to Open Access.

Is the Scientific Community Ready for Open Access Publishing?

Is the Scientific Community Ready for Open Access Publishing?

An overview of some of the background, considerations, and discussions on some of the topics surrounding publishing open access.

Towards a Community-endorsed Data Stewardship Profession

Towards a Community-endorsed Data Stewardship Profession

Data stewardship encompasses all of the various tasks and responsibilities that relate to research data management throughout the entire research lifecycle. It has been discussed at the 14th RDA Plenary in Helsinki by research, industry and policy experts.

Endorse Preprints with Plaudit

Endorse Preprints with Plaudit

We just integrated Plaudit across OSF preprint servers, now allowing researchers to openly endorse papers they find valuable.

Plan S and the History Journal Landscape

Plan S and the History Journal Landscape

This report from the Royal Historical Society (RHS) assesses the extent of History journals’ engagement with, and preparedness for, implementation of Plan S-aligned open access (OA) mandates.

Carnegie Mellon Publishing Agreement Marks Open Access Milestone

Carnegie Mellon Publishing Agreement Marks Open Access Milestone

Carnegie Mellon University, a longtime proponent of open-access research, is championing an international movement to revolutionize academic publishing.

On the Great Secret-Keepers of History

On the Great Secret-Keepers of History

Archivists are the great secret-keepers of history, caught in a negotiation between the past and future. Restrictions and withholding policies serve as their bargaining chip.

How Grad Schools Became the Hidden Culprit Behind America's Student-debt Crisis

How Grad Schools Became the Hidden Culprit Behind America's Student-debt Crisis

Over half of the massive US student-loan debt comes from graduate schools, and it's a sign master's degrees aren't the path to wealth they used to be.

Reproductions of Public Domain Works Should Remain in the Public Domain - Creative Commons

Reproductions of Public Domain Works Should Remain in the Public Domain - Creative Commons

If the work is in the public domain, no copyright licenses should be applied and in the case of CC licenses which are designed to only operate where copyright exists, the application of a CC license is ineffective.

Americans Maintain High Levels of Trust in Science

Americans Maintain High Levels of Trust in Science

A new report analyzing decades of public opinion surveys reveals that the public's trust in scientists has remained stable and high over decades.

Highly Cited Researchers in Web of Science

Highly Cited Researchers in Web of Science

Recognizing the world's most influential researchers  of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.

The Value of Preregistration for Psychological Science: A Conceptual Analysis

The Value of Preregistration for Psychological Science: A Conceptual Analysis

The question whether the practice of preregistration is valuable depends on your philosophy of science. Daniel Lakens provides a conceptual analysis of the value of preregistration for psychological science from an error statistical philosophy. 

Why Science Failed to Stop Climate Change

Why Science Failed to Stop Climate Change

Scientists working on the issue have often said that, once upon a time, they assumed, if they did their jobs, politicians would act upon the information. That, of course, hasn’t happened.

Chair and Fellowships in Academic Research Quality and Improvement created at University of Bristol

Chair and Fellowships in Academic Research Quality and Improvement created at University of Bristol

The University of Bristol announced the creation of a new Chair of Academic Research Quality and Improvement and six associated Fellowships.

Quality over Quantity: How the Dutch Research Council is Giving Researchers the Opportunity to Showcase Diverse Types of Talent

Quality over Quantity: How the Dutch Research Council is Giving Researchers the Opportunity to Showcase Diverse Types of Talent

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) is piloting a narrative CV format in the Veni scheme, its major funding instrument for early career researchers. The format advances showcasing diverse types of talent and encourages assessment of quality rather than quantity.

Horizon 2020 Final Report on Research Integrity

Horizon 2020 Final Report on Research Integrity

The Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on Research Integrity, which forms the basis of this report, was carried out between July 2018 and June 2019 by a dedicated Policy Support Facility (PSF) panel consisting of four independent experts and twelve countries.

Statistical Significance Gives Bias a Free Pass

Statistical Significance Gives Bias a Free Pass

Whether or not "the foundations and the practice of statistics are in turmoil",1 it is wise to question methods whose misuse has been lamented for over a century.

Women Say Discrimination Is a Huge Part of Why So Few Stay in STEM Careers

Women Say Discrimination Is a Huge Part of Why So Few Stay in STEM Careers

"No matter how much I did or how good my work was, it was never going to be enough."

Graduate Students Protest Trump Labor Board's Proposal to Exempt Them from Definition of "Employee"

Graduate Students Protest Trump Labor Board's Proposal to Exempt Them from Definition of "Employee"

Graduate students said their schools would have no reason to bargain with them over wages, health care and other compensation items if they aren't considered employees under the National Labor Relations Act.

Academia in Uproar over 'planned €12bn Cut' to EU R&D

Academia in Uproar over 'planned €12bn Cut' to EU R&D

Member states' reported plans for Horizon Europe branded 'completely unacceptable' and potentially 'disastrous'.

A Turning Point is a Time for Reflection - Crossref

A Turning Point is a Time for Reflection - Crossref

Crossref strives for balance. Different people have always wanted different things from us and, since our founding, we have brought together diverse organizations to have discussions-sometimes contentious-to agree on how to help make scholarly communications better. Being inclusive can mean slow progress, but we've been able to advance by being flexible, fair, and forward-thinking. We have been helped by the fact that Crossref's founding organizations defined a clear purpose in our original certificate of incorporation, which reads:

The Beijing Declaration on Research Data

The Beijing Declaration on Research Data

The Beijing Declaration is intended as a timely statement of core principles to encourage global cooperation, especially for public research data.

Increasing Gender Diversity in the STEM Research Workforce

Increasing Gender Diversity in the STEM Research Workforce

In this article, potentially high-impact policy changesare outlined that build upon existing mechanisms for research funding and governance and that can be rapidly implemented to counteract barriers facing women in science. These approaches must be coupled to vigorous and continuous outcomes-based monitoring, so that the most successful strategies can be disseminated and widely implemented.

Physics Worth More to EU Economy Than Retail and Financial Services

Physics Worth More to EU Economy Than Retail and Financial Services

Industries that rely on physics expertise contribute more to the EU economy than financial services or retail, according to a new study.