Scientific rigor and open science: ethical and methodological challenges in qualitative research
SciELO in Perspective,
Open Knowledge Foundation: Meet Lily Zhao, one of our Frictionless Data for Reproducible Research Fellows
Planet Code4Lib,
The Frictionless Data for Reproducible Research Fellows Programme is training early career researchers to become champions of…
Open Source Malaria’s First Paper
Intermolecular,
Open Source Malaria (OSM) publishes its first paper today. The project was a real thrill, because of the contributors. I’d…
D-Lib: Linking Publications and Data: Challenges, Trends, and Opportunities
Planet Code4Lib,
Conference Report by Matthew S. Mayernik and Jennifer Phillips, NCAR/UCAR Library, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR…
How Antiquated Accounting Costs American Science Millions a Year
ZME Science,
The arbitrary $5000 lower limit for defined equipment purchases in the U.S. results in millions of dollars of lost science…
What is open science?
Discussions – F1000 Research,
This is the fifth and final instalment of the “What is…” series of posts, in which we focus on open science. Previous posts in…
Open Source for Open Metrics
PLOS Tech,
The scientific community is increasingly recognizing how the open science enterprise critically relies on access to scientific…
Sabbatical Day 1
Intermolecular,
Today I’m starting a 6-month sabbatical. Sabbaticals are a perk of academia (though every profession should have them) allowing…
Sabbatical Day 1
Intermolecular,
Today I’m starting a 6-month sabbatical. Sabbaticals are a perk of academia (though every profession should have them) allowing…
Open Source Pharma and Prizes
Intermolecular,
I’m involved in a meeting happening next month in Italy that is asking “Can we develop a new open source pharmaceutical industry?
Open Source Pharma and Prizes
Intermolecular,
I’m involved in a meeting happening next month in Italy that is asking “Can we develop a new open source pharmaceutical industry?
ASAP awards – Interview with Mat Todd
Mind the Brain,
The name of the six finalists for the ASAP awards are out. Backed by major sponsors like Google, PLOS and the Wellcome Trust…
Open Knowledge Foundation: OKCon 2013 Guest Post: Is Open Source Drug Discovery Practical?
Planet Code4Lib,
The following guest post is by Matthew Todd, Senior Lecturer at the School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney and Sydney…
Reactions: Matthew Todd
The Sceptical Chymist - Blog Posts,
Matthew Todd is in the School of Chemistry at The University of Sydney, and works on organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis…
Companies and Open Science
Intermolecular,
There is an argument that says we should not be making simple compounds in academic research labs, but rather using specialist…
Companies and Open Science
Intermolecular,
There is an argument that says we should not be making simple compounds in academic research labs, but rather using specialist…
Virtual Infrastructure and Research Support: Fostering collaboration across institutions
ptsefton,
I’m speaking at one of those commercial conferences in Melbourne this week, Virtual Infrastructure
Le tre R del farmacologo etico
Il chimico impertinente,
L’argomento è spinoso, il dibattito è aperto e vivace più che mai. Come molti possono immaginare, nel mondo…
Fleshing Out the World Dreamed Of — What If the Idealistic Recommendations Passed?
The Scholarly Kitchen,
Leaping into the biobazaar
Naturally Selected,
Almost 15 years ago, American computer programmer, writer and leading advocate of open source, Eric Steven Raymond, wrote an…
Europe Trip/Conference Report
Intermolecular,
I had an interesting trip a month ago, funded in part by the Australian Academy of Science. They require a report, and I was…
F1000 review: Open science is a research accelerator
Mario's Entangled Bank,
As promised previously, today the following post-publication evaluation of Open Science is a research accelerator by Michael…
Open Access Week 2011
Intermolecular,
Alex Holcombe has led a letter to an organization responsible for running a “Responsible Conduct of Research” course at some US…
Kurz: Open Science in der pharmazeutischen Chemie, SCOAP3-Auschreibung, GMS ausgezeichnet, Neelie Kroes zu Open Data
wisspub.net,
Open Science: In der aktuellen Ausgabe der Nature Chemistry beschreiben Woelfle et al. das Potenzial der „Open Science“ für die…
Turbo charged Open Science: this sort of thing is my bag, baby
Mario's Entangled Bank,
A remarkable commentary appeared today in Nature Chemistry entitled Open Science is a research accelerator. In this commentary…