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Publishing needs more science, fewer stories: Q&A with founders of ScienceMatters

Publishing needs more science, fewer stories: Q&A with founders of ScienceMatters

Ever wish you could just publish an exciting result, without having to wait for the entire string of data that follows in order to tell an entire story, which then gets held up for months by peer review at traditional journals?

"Evidence-based medicine has been hijacked:" A confession from John Ioannidis

"Evidence-based medicine has been hijacked:" A confession from John Ioannidis

John Ioannidis is perhaps best known for a 2005 paper “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False.” One of the most highly cited researchers in the world, Ioannidis, a professor at Stanford, has built a career in the field of meta-research.

Ioannidis and Kaplan discuss the importance of improved reporting in scholarly research

Ioannidis and Kaplan discuss the importance of improved reporting in scholarly research

A Reddit "Ask Me Anything" series on research reproducibility.

Practical policies can combat gender inequality

Practical policies can combat gender inequality

Mechanisms to help researchers to balance work and home lives have made a positive difference to the gender balance at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne.

"In Zukunft erhält bei uns jeder Doktorand einen Vertrag"

"In Zukunft erhält bei uns jeder Doktorand einen Vertrag"

How the Max-Planck Society (MPS) wants to improve the condition of PhDs. Interview with Martin Stratmann, President of the MPS.

The importance of applied research

The importance of applied research

Bernard Guetta is known as France's most respected geopolitical analyst. On his show on the public radio station France Inter, with its audience of 1.8 million, he deftly discusses the challenges Europe faces in the era of globalization.

"Massenmeinungen gefährden die Wissenschaft"

"Massenmeinungen gefährden die Wissenschaft"

Auf Google hoch platzierte Publikationen hinterfragt kaum jemand, beklagt US-Soziologe James Evans. Gleichzeitig rät er Forschern, mehr Denkarbeit an Computer abzugeben.

Evidence-based science policy

Evidence-based science policy

Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Adviser to the European Commission, discusses evidence-based policy and nurturing and supporting a European scientific culture.

"Die Forschungslandschaft verändert sich"

"Die Forschungslandschaft verändert sich"

Neben dem SNF sind EU-Fördergelder die wichtigste Finanzierungsquelle für Schweizer Forscher. Das neue EU-Rahmenprogramm für Forschung und Innovation, "Horizon 2020", wird auch die Schweizer Forschungslandschaft beeinflussen. Michael Hengartner geht davon aus, dass die EU in Zukunft verstärkt in die angewandte Forschung investiert.