Connecting Research and Researchers. Registered Reports. Open Science Framework. Gary King and Stuart Shieber on Open Access. Nine simple ways to make it easier to (re)use your data. This is a nicely written article.
It is an introduction to the realization/implementation of Open Data in the research context. I think it achieves the aim. The language is simple and straight, and the message is delivered. Research priorities must serve all the world's people - science-in-society. I want science for all, not just the elite, says Princess Sumaya of Jordan, president of her country's Royal Scientific Society Are there problems with how science is viewed in the Arab and Islamic world?
Sometimes science is perceived as just a lot of academics sitting in an ivory tower. There hasn't been an understanding of the power of science, its ability to protect lives and put bread on the table. Ten simple rules for structuring papers. Citation: Mensh B, Kording K (2017) Ten simple rules for structuring papers.
PLoS Comput Biol 13(9): e1005619. Editor: Scott Markel, Dassault Systemes BIOVIA, UNITED STATES Published: September 28, 2017 Copyright: © 2017 Mensh, Kording. Moments that make a research career worthwhile. What makes scientists tick? Psychologist Greg Feist is trying to find out what drives scientific curiosity, from ways of thinking to personality types.
I am a research scientist, and that's why I drink. Please allow me to introduce myself, I am Dr Kayleigh Dodd, once a hard working, enthusiastic young science graduate preparing myself for an illustrious and distinguished career in medical research.
Five years on, my job hangs by a thread, my future somewhat questionable and the best thing that's happened to me this year was a fortuitous meeting with Dr Dean Burnett leading to this very outburst of frustration. I may be exaggerating ever so slightly. I never really expected to have an illustrious or distinguished career, it was the super-geek within which drove me down this career path. However, the sentiment remains the same; basically, SCIENCE SUCKS. There is a culture of acceptance around mental health issues in academia.
It is all too common to see PhD students work themselves to the point of physical and mental illness in order to complete their studies.
It is less common to see PhD students who feel that they are under such pressure that the only option is suicide. But it does happen. There is a culture of acceptance around mental health issues in academia – and this needs to change. A Survival Guide to Starting and Finishing a PhD. Why pursue a PhD. How long is the average dissertation? Average dissertation and thesis length, take two. About a year ago I wrote a post describing average length of dissertations at the University of Minnesota.
I've been meaning to expand that post by adding data from masters theses since the methods for gathering/parsing the records are transferable. This post provides some graphics and links to R code for evaluating dissertation (doctorate) and thesis (masters) data from an online database at the University of Minnesota. In addition to describing data from masters theses, I've collected the most recent data on dissertations to provide an update on my previous post. I've avoided presenting the R code for brevity, but I invite interested readers to have a look at my Github repository where all source code and data are stored. Also, please, please, please note that I've since tried to explain that dissertation length is a pretty pointless metric of quality (also noted here), so interpret the data only in the context that they’re potentially descriptive of the nature of each major.
Lol My Thesis. Roger Highfield on science writing: 'Grab them with your first sentence' What makes a good science story?
There's no one-size-fits-all rule, since stories come in many flavours, shapes, colours and sizes. Teaching scientists to talk science. Anna Richards, fire ecology postdoc Read all about it (Image: Everett Collection/Rex Features) Training and personal development is something that can sometimes get left behind in many post-docs and PhD courses as you struggle to write the next grant application, scientific paper or analyse the next sample.
However, programs that develop these areas can be really useful, as I recently discovered. In early June I participated in a national event called Fresh Science. Fresh Science focuses on training post-docs and PhD students to effectively communicate their science to the media and general public. Tyler DeWitt: Hey science teachers. Mathematical medallist: Seducing CEOs and socialists. Cédric Villani's mission to tell the world what it means to be a mathematician began when he won a Fields medal, often called the Nobel prize of mathematics.
Director of the Henri Poincaré Institute in Paris, France, he studies kinetic theory, the mathematical interpretation of thermodynamic concepts like entropy, and was one of four mathematicians under 40 who won the medal last year. New Scientist caught up with him at a public talk at the London Mathematical Society. Fraud fighter: 'Faked research is endemic in China' Shi-min Fang tells us how risking his life and libel writs to expose scientific misconduct in his native China has just won him the inaugural Maddox prize You've just won the inaugural Maddox prize, awarded for your continuing work exposing scientific misconduct in China despite the threats you face.
How does that feel? I am thrilled and honoured. Problems with scientific research: How science goes wrong. Unreliable research: Trouble at the lab. Bad reviews: The perils of modern peer reviews. Author: Carlos Alberto Gómez Grajales Researchers need to publish as much as the Finnish need coffee. With the highest annual per capita consumption of coffee, one of 12.0 kg. per person a year, people in Finland do really need coffee. Scholarly journal retracts 60 articles, smashes ‘peer review ring’ Updated Every now and then a scholarly journal retracts an article because of errors or outright fraud.
In academic circles, and sometimes beyond, each retraction is a big deal. Now comes word of a journal retracting 60 articles at once. The reason for the mass retraction is mind-blowing: A “peer review and citation ring” was apparently rigging the review process to get articles published. Crimes and Misdemeanors: Reforming Social Psychology. Scientific Utopia: II - Restructuring Incentives and Practices to Promote Truth Over Publishability by Brian A. Nosek, Jeffrey Spies, Matt Motyl. Abstract An academic scientist’s professional success depends on publishing. No, you're not entitled to your opinion. How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists.
Update (1/3/18) I’ve been overwhelmed with requests for the shorter guide, and the email address below no longer works. 20 tips for interpreting scientific claims. Science and policy have collided on contentious issues such as bee declines, nuclear power and the role of badgers in bovine tuberculosis. Calls for the closer integration of science in political decision-making have been commonplace for decades. However, there are serious problems in the application of science to policy — from energy to health and environment to education.