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.
31st August 2016
Assessment of Swedish research in a global perspective
First instalment of assessment by the Swedish Research Council reveals that Sweden is well-placed internationally in terms of research funding and staff as well as highly cited publications. But future…
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”.
6th October 2015
Fixing science’s quality control
The peer review system is vital to the scientific process, yet it is marred by shortcomings related to reliability and bias. Several recent initiatives pushed by science publishers are now…