Collaboration and concerted action are key to making open data a reality
The argument for better data practice is made stronger by global concerns about reproducibility and research integrity, reducing fraud and improving patient outcomes.
The case for good research practice and open data to research outputs is increasingly inarguable. Open access to research data can help speed the pace of advancing discovery and deliver more value by enabling reuse and reducing duplication. Good data practice also makes research more efficient, effective and fulfilling for researchers. As the data in this survey show, the research community recognize the value of open data, yet good data practice and data sha...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - October 24, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Grace Baynes Tags: Open Access Publishing Uncategorized FigShare Open Access Week Open Access Week 2017 Source Type: blogs
Introducing the ‘Research in Progress’ report
The past 12 months have been an exciting time for BioMed Central. We’ve kick-started initiatives to push the publishing industry forward, listened, learned, taken action on feedback from our communities, and refreshed our identity to reflect that we have always been, and continue to be, a progressive presence in the publishing world.
We have moved from BioMed Central, the open access publisher, to simply BMC, and renewed our commitment to research in progress and innovation. We benefit from being part of Springer Nature, our parent company which advances discovery by publishing robust and insightful research, supporting ...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - October 24, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Rachel Burley Tags: Open Access Publishing Open Access Week 2017 Research in progress Source Type: blogs
We ’re delivering on open access. Will you join us?
At the start of 2017 Open Access Week, today we’re delighted to announce that we have reached a significant milestone in advancing discovery through open research. In four European countries, over 70% of Springer Nature’s journal articles are being immediately published (gold) open access.
This includes:
Over 77% of corresponding authors based in the UK
Over 90% of corresponding authors based in Sweden
Over 84% of corresponding authors based in the Netherlands
Over 73% of corresponding authors based in Austria
The rise of open access as a publishing model is not surprising, because the benefits are clear. Today glo...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - October 23, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Steven Inchcoombe Tags: Open Access Publishing Open Access Week 2017 Source Type: blogs
10 tips for promoting your research online
Promoting your research online is vital if you need to provide evidence of the reach and potential broader influence of your work, particularly when applying for promotion or tenure and funding. Here are some top tips to help you get started:
1. Put together a strategy
Begin by thinking about which researchers and other audiences will be interested in your research, the disciplines they work in, and where they can be found. Are they within your institution, or somewhere further afield?
Next, think about the channels that would be most suitable for to promoting your work to your intended audience. It can be a good idea to s...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - October 18, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Joshua Clark Tags: Technology Uncategorized altmetric Promotion research Source Type: blogs
Ada Lovelace Day: Nature Research editors celebrate leaders in their fields – Part 2
You can read part 1 of this blog series here and read more about Ada Lovelace’s legacy here.
Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, Associate Editor, Nature Communications
Brenda Milner was 89 years old when I started my PhD at McGill University, and now, ten years later, she is still actively contributing to our understanding of how the human brain shapes cognition.
This field, neuropsychology, became widely recognized mainly because of Brenda’s work with a patient known as HM. Due temporal lobe surgery (to cure his epilepsy), HM had lost the ability to convert short-term memories into long-term memories.
Through her ex...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - October 12, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Davy Falkner Tags: Publishing Ada Lovelace Day Source Type: blogs
Ada Lovelace Day: Nature Research editors celebrate leaders in their fields – Part 1
This is the first of a three-part blog series to celebrate blogs to mark this milestone which will be published over three days. You can read more about Ada Lovelace’s legacy here.
Juliane C Mossinger, Senior Editor, Nature
In the 1880s, when studying for a Ph.D. in geology, Florence Bascom had to take classes behind a screen so that she would not disturb her male colleagues. I wonder what she would have made of a news story in 2017 about a female Silicon Valley CEO, who dyed her blond hair brown and started wearing gender neutral clothing in order to be taken more seriously by investors?
Florence Bascom became a...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - October 10, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Davy Falkner Tags: Publishing Ada Lovelace Day Source Type: blogs
The money shows it is a man ’s world – how can we reduce the difference?
The “leaky pipeline” is a commonly used metaphor describing how there are fewer women at senior levels in academia, even when they dominate in certain subject areas at undergraduate level. For example, there are more female than male undergraduate medical students, and at the early-career researcher level of academia, the gender split is probably roughly even. There are, however, far fewer women than men in senior posts at universities in the UK.
But there is also a “leaky funding pipeline”, with more funding going to men than to women. My own research has previously covered the amount of research funding awarded t...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - October 10, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Dr Michael Head Tags: Uncategorized Ada Lovelace Day Gender bias science funding Source Type: blogs
Sustainable Earth – science, policy, society
Source: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring
‘Earth Day’ was first celebrated in 1970 and gave voice to many concerns about the global environment. Scientists played a major role in drawing attention to our impact on the planet and millions marched in response. Across the world nations, cities, businesses and communities began to address environmental issues.
The 1970s and 80s saw the rise of environmental science, environmental protection agencies, environmental policy and environmental assessment with the worst pollution of air, water and land being addressed. But deeper issues about our consumption of energy...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - October 6, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Prof. Peter Newman, Chris McEntee & Jan Margulies Tags: Biology Open Access Publishing Sustainable Earth Source Type: blogs
