This is where innovation happens, not among the gods on Mount Olympus but in small, tangible ways where people go about their lives and try to improve them a little bit at a time. We all work together, unknowingly, making things better, faster, cheaper.
Why aren’t libraries providing support for your open access or open science initiative? Be careful what you assume.
Today’s post looks back on the Journal of Emerging Investigators as it approaches it’s 10th anniversary of providing a forum from middle school and high school students.
Some slow motion moths to soothe your Friday.
When do new approaches to research communication become an end unto themselves? How much more work can we pile on researchers? Is more information always better than less?
An experimenter uses a bit of magic in their research protocol to expose how stubbornly we want to justify the decisions we’ve made.
The sudden virtualization of conferences sparked a flurry of experimentation. It is now time to build the future of the scholarly meeting.
Transparency around research methodologies is essential for driving public trust and accurate, reproducible research results.
The pandemic has normalized remote work, but happens as it wanes? Will we go to the office again – and, if so, how often? What impact will a ‘hybrid’ way of working have on how we communicate, connect and create? Will work-from-home be the great leveller in terms of gender equality and diversity? And what will work mean if our offices are virtual and we lose those day-to-day social interactions?
A look at Thieme’s “Select Crowd Review” approach to peer review.
We stand by our data. We just won’t share it or believe that you replicated our study.
ResearchGate’s Joseph DeBruin looks at the balance between speed and uncertainty in scholarly communication, and how technology can facilitate better information travel.
Gabe Harp from MIT Press offers tips on how to maximize your efficiency and preserve your sanity while working from home.
Working from home? Moving from room to room could help you cope with the endless video calls more effectively.
Open peer review hasn’t caught on in the humanities, but it has been part of ongoing experiments in humanities publishing. As the American Historical Review tries open review, what lessons can we take from previous experiments?