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    A walk in the parkIs Pokémon Go foreshadowing the future of biodiversity research and scientific outreach?
    A walk in the park

    Is Pokémon Go foreshadowing the future of biodiversity research and scientific outreach?

    1. David Roy Smith (dsmit242{at}uwo.ca)1
    1. 1Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

    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.

    • © 2016 The Author
    David Roy Smith
    Published online 01.11.2016
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    What is the meaning of Brexit?
    What is the meaning of Brexit?
    1. Stephen Curry (s.curry{at}imperial.ac.uk)1
    1. 1Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, UK

    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.

    • © 2016 The Author
    Stephen Curry
    Published online 01.09.2016
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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
    Time to tackle the incumbency advantage in science

    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

    1. Andrea Ballabeni1,
    2. David Hemenway1 and
    3. Giorgio Scita (giorgio.scita{at}ifom.eu)2
    1. 1Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    2. 2Institute FIRC of Molecular Oncology & Department of Oncology and HematoOncology, IFOM Foundation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    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.

    • © 2016 The Authors
    Andrea Ballabeni, David Hemenway, Giorgio Scita
    Published online 01.09.2016
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    Brexit and research: goodbye EU money and colleagues?
    Brexit and research: goodbye EU money and colleagues?
    1. Frank Gannon (frank.gannon{at}qimrberghofer.edu.au)1
    1. 1QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Qld, Australia

    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.

    • © 2016 The Author
    Frank Gannon
    Published online 01.09.2016
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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
    Institutional core facilities: prerequisite for breakthroughs in the life sciences

    Core facilities play an increasingly important role in biomedical research by providing scientists access to sophisticated technology and expertise

    1. Doris Meder (meder{at}mpi-cbg.de)www.coreforlife.eu1,2,
    2. Mònica Morales1,3,
    3. Rainer Pepperkok1,4,
    4. Ralph Schlapbach1,5,
    5. Andreas Tiran1,6 and
    6. Geert Van Minnebruggen1,7
    1. 1Core for Life Association for the Advancement of Life Sciences by Core Facilities
    2. 2Max‐Planck‐Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
    3. 3Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
    4. 4EMBL Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
    5. 5Functional Genomics Center Zurich, ETH Zurich/University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
    6. 6Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities GmbH, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
    7. 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.

    • © 2016 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license

    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.

    Doris Meder, Mònica Morales, Rainer Pepperkok, Ralph Schlapbach, Andreas Tiran, Geert Van Minnebruggen
    Published online 01.08.2016
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    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
    The journal Impact Factor and alternative metrics

    A variety of bibliometric measures has been developed to supplant the Impact Factor to better assess the impact of individual research papers

    1. Lutz Bornmann (bornmann{at}gv.mpg.de)1 and
    2. Werner Marx2
    1. 1Division for Science and Innovation Studies, Administrative Headquarters of the Max Planck Society, Munich, Germany
    2. 2Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany

    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.

    • © 2016 The Authors
    Lutz Bornmann, Werner Marx
    Published online 01.08.2016
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    Response to Moussian
    Response to Moussian
    1. Daniel Fisher (daniel.fisher{at}igmm.cnrs.fr)1 and
    2. Nikolaos Parisis1
    1. 1Montpellier Institute for Molecular Genetics (IGMM) National Centre for Scientific Research CNRS UMR 5535 University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    The original authors' response.

    • © 2016 The Authors
    Daniel Fisher, Nikolaos Parisis
    Published online 01.05.2016
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    Taking peer review seriously
    Taking peer review seriously
    1. Bernard Moussian (bernard.moussian{at}tudresden.de)+49 351 463 325691
    1. 1Applied Zoology TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    A comment on “Social influence and peer review — impact factor and citation”.

    • © 2016 The Author
    Bernard Moussian
    Published online 01.05.2016
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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
    Exhibition A: scientist at work

    Science museums are shifting their focus away from educating and elating their audiences to fostering dialogue with scientists

    1. Anthony King, Freelance journalist (anthonyjking{at}gmail.com)1
    1. 1 Dublin, Ireland

    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.

    • © 2016 The Author
    Anthony King
    Published online 01.04.2016
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    Social influence and peer review — impact factor and citation
    Social influence and peer review — impact factor and citation
    1. Haitham Sobhy (haithamsobhy{at}gmail.com) (haitham.sobhy{at}umu.se)1
    1. 1Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

    A comment on “Social influence and peer review”.

    • © 2016 The Author
    Haitham Sobhy
    Published online 01.04.2016
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