21st January 2020
The cost of rudeness
Unprofessional review comments affect authors from underrepresented groups disproportionately. Journal editors must take a more active role to minimize the potentially adverse effects of such comments.
16th May 2019
(Don’t) mind your language
The choice of words used by women may have disadvantaged them during the evaluation of their grant applications despite a blinded process, a recent analysis suggests. Whether this applies to…
6th April 2017
Towards more gender-equal European science
Women are better represented in science today than a few decades ago, but progress has been slow. A recent guide provides recommendations for addressing implicit biases, collecting data on gender…
26th October 2016
Time to move on from the information-deficit model
A recent survey by the Pew Research Center confirms that the US public’s views on climate change are shaped primarily by politics, not scientific information. Academics and communicators seeking to…
20th June 2016
Beyond disciplines: the travails of transcendence
The move toward greater inter- and transdisciplinarity creates opportunities as well as challenges for researchers, publishers, funders and communicators.
17th March 2016
In search of impact
It’s time for a dialogue among researchers, funders, publishers and others to achieve shared understanding of “impact”.