S&S: Careers & Training
- A walk in the parkIs Pokémon Go foreshadowing the future of biodiversity research and scientific outreach?
Is Pokémon Go foreshadowing the future of biodiversity research and scientific outreach?
- David Roy Smith (dsmit242{at}uwo.ca)1
Pokémon Go has enticed millions of users to leave their homes to go hunting for virtual monsters and critters. Its huge success should encourage scientists and game designers to develop new forms of educational outreach to engage young people in science.
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- What is the meaning of Brexit?
- Stephen Curry (s.curry{at}imperial.ac.uk)1
The British electorate decided that the UK should leave the EU, and consequences for science and scientists in the UK are far from clear. British scientists must make the case that research works best when funding, training and employment are internationally integrated.
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- Time to tackle the incumbency advantage in scienceA survey of scientists shows strong support for funding policies that would distribute funds more evenly among laboratories and thereby benefit new and smaller research groups
A survey of scientists shows strong support for funding policies that would distribute funds more evenly among laboratories and thereby benefit new and smaller research groups
The fact that larger, well‐established labs have more success securing research grants creates an unfair situation for younger researchers. A survey shows that many scientists favour alternative funding schemes that would distribute grant money more equally or based on the merit of the individual.
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- Brexit and research: goodbye EU money and colleagues?
- Frank Gannon (frank.gannon{at}qimrberghofer.edu.au)1
The British electorate has decided that the UK should leave the EU. The consequences of disentangling from the Union are not clear yet, but scientists and researchers in Britain will likely be affected in various ways.
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- Institutional core facilities: prerequisite for breakthroughs in the life sciencesCore facilities play an increasingly important role in biomedical research by providing scientists access to sophisticated technology and expertise
Core facilities play an increasingly important role in biomedical research by providing scientists access to sophisticated technology and expertise
- Doris Meder (meder{at}mpi-cbg.de)www.coreforlife.eu1,2,
- Mònica Morales1,3,
- Rainer Pepperkok1,4,
- Ralph Schlapbach1,5,
- Andreas Tiran1,6 and
- Geert Van Minnebruggen1,7
- 1Core for Life Association for the Advancement of Life Sciences by Core Facilities
- 2Max‐Planck‐Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
- 3Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
- 4EMBL Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- 5Functional Genomics Center Zurich, ETH Zurich/University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
- 6Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities GmbH, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
- 7VIB, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
Core facilities have become an important resource in biomedical research, providing scientists with access to sophisticated instrumentation and expertise. To enable scientists to perform ever more complex and difficult experiments, core facilities not only need to constantly upgrade technology and expertise, but also cooperate and pool their assets.
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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- The journal Impact Factor and alternative metricsA variety of bibliometric measures has been developed to supplant the Impact Factor to better assess the impact of individual research papers
A variety of bibliometric measures has been developed to supplant the Impact Factor to better assess the impact of individual research papers
Even though the journal Impact Factor remains popular for research assessment, it is not suitable for measuring the impact or quality of individual research papers. A range of alternative metrics have been developed to better judge the quality of academic papers.
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- Taking peer review seriously
- Bernard Moussian (bernard.moussian{at}tudresden.de)+49 351 463 325691
A comment on “Social influence and peer review — impact factor and citation”.
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- Exhibition A: scientist at workScience museums are shifting their focus away from educating and elating their audiences to fostering dialogue with scientists
Science museums are shifting their focus away from educating and elating their audiences to fostering dialogue with scientists
- Anthony King, Freelance journalist (anthonyjking{at}gmail.com)1
Science museums are exploring new ways to provide a realistic picture of scientific research and to connect their audiences directly with scientists to mutual benefit.
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- Social influence and peer review — impact factor and citation
- Haitham Sobhy (haithamsobhy{at}gmail.com) (haitham.sobhy{at}umu.se)1
A comment on “Social influence and peer review”.
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