Impact, not impact factor
02 July 2015
Editor-in-chief of PNAS Inder Verma states:”When it comes to judging the quality and significance of a body of work, there... [ klik hier ]
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Our Universities: The Outrageous Reality
29 June 2015
Our Universities: The Outrageous Reality by Andrew Delbanco | The New York Review of Books “At the top of the... [ klik hier ]
Basic Research as a Political Symbol
21 May 2015
“Against Excellence”, Jack Stilgoe in The Guardian
28 December 2014
Nature Outlook: Assessing science
19 August 2014
The issue of how to evaluate the fruits of academic research confronts scientists and policymakers all over the world. Each... [ klik hier ]
Center for Open Science
17 June 2014
Center for Open Science is dedicated to improving the alignment between scientific values and scientific practices. As a non-profit technology... [ klik hier ]
Research Waste
17 June 2014
De auteurs van de Lancet-serie over slecht opgezet biomedisch onderzoek hebben deze website opgezet om te zoeken naar verbetering.
Science Funding and Short-Term Economic Activity
09 April 2014
There is considerable interest among policy-makers in documenting short-term effects of science funding. A multiyear scientific journey that leads to... [ klik hier ]
Fraud in science: a plea for a new culture in research
07 April 2014
The problem of research misconduct has to be offensively addressed in all its diverse shades within universities, research institutions, institutes and work... [ klik hier ]
Billionaires With Big Ideas Are Privatizing American Science
25 March 2014
This private war on disease has resulted not only in significant advances in treatment, but also in what experts describe... [ klik hier ]
Causes for the Persistence of Impact Factor Mania
25 March 2014
Causes for the Persistence of Impact Factor Mania. Science and scientists are currently afflicted by an epidemic of mania manifested by... [ klik hier ]
A revolutionary mission statement: improve the world
27 January 2014
Addressing global problems should be the academy’s raison d’être, argues Nicholas Maxwell
Thanks academia, soon I will join a generation of jobless PhDs
14 January 2014
After entering a PhD programme, it became obvious that when in academia, the only respectable future job is in academia.
How to increase value and reduce waste when research priorities are set
14 January 2014
The increase in annual global investment in biomedical research—reaching US$240 billion in 2010—has resulted in important health dividends for patients... [ klik hier ]
Selling science to Nature
13 January 2014
The fact that articles in top journals serve as de facto proxies for the quality of researchers is perhaps not... [ klik hier ]
Promoting Transparency in Social Science Research
06 January 2014
There is growing appreciation for the advantages of experimentation in the social sciences. Policy-relevant claims that in the past were... [ klik hier ]
“Sold out” Stefan Collini reviews two books about higher education
31 December 2013
Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education by Roger Brown, with Helen Carasso The Great University Gamble: Money,... [ klik hier ]
Getting the Balance Right. Basic Research, Missions and Governance for Horizon 2020
09 December 2013
Our discussion starts with what we know about the question from the history of science and the research-onresearch literature, moves on to... [ klik hier ]
Universities putting research before teaching, says minister
04 November 2013
David Willetts says higher education system lopsided, as survey shows students receiving less feedback than 50 years ago. Universities need... [ klik hier ]
Science has lost its way, at a big cost to humanity
31 October 2013
Researchers are rewarded for splashy findings, not for double-checking accuracy. So many scientists looking for cures to diseases have been... [ klik hier ]
Research evaluation: Impact
29 October 2013
Nature special articles on the many flavors of IMPACT
An Agenda for Change
23 October 2013
On the basis of an agenda, Science in Transition wishes to inspire a broad discussion in order to explore the... [ klik hier ]
Comment on Economist.com
22 October 2013
Frank Miedema comments on The Economist article about science going wrong.
Jerry Ravetz’ response to The Economist
21 October 2013
This is truly a crisis, both a danger and an opportunity. All the strong practical reasons for covering up corruption... [ klik hier ]
How science goes wrong
18 October 2013
Scientific research has changed the world. Now it needs to change itself
Science in Transition Position Paper in English
18 October 2013
Why science has to change, according to the initiators of Science Transition.
SCIENCE IN SOCIETY: Caring for our Futures in Turbulent Times
10 October 2013
Now is really the time to rethink the relationship between science and society in its multiple manifestations. Says the European... [ klik hier ]
A perspective from the board room
08 October 2013
Our academic community must realize that in this modern world of science, the public and government in return on investment... [ klik hier ]
San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
12 September 2013
A group of scientists and publishers recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scientific research... [ klik hier ]
Science in a Not So Well-Ordered Society
11 September 2013
A Critique on Philip Kitcher’s Account of Procedural Democracy.
Scientific fraud and normal Science
11 September 2013
The standard definition of scientific fraud involves: fabrication (faking data entirely), falsification (manipulating data in order to make the results... [ klik hier ]