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Blogs selected for Week April 11 to April 17, 2016

1. Fundable, but not funded: How can research funders ensure ‘unlucky’ applications are handled more appropriately? Having a funding application rejected does not necessarily mean the research is unsupportable by funders – maybe just unlucky. There is a significant risk to wider society in the rejection of unlucky but otherwise sound applications: good ideas may […]

Blogs selected for Week April 4 to April 10, 2016

1. What impact evidence was used in REF 2014? Disciplinary differences in how researchers demonstrate and assess impact A new report produced by the Digital Science team explores the types of evidence used to demonstrate impact in REF2014 and pulls together guidance from leading professionals on good practice. In their post in The Impact Blog, […]

Blogs selected for Week March 28 to April 3, 2016

1. If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…Elsevier to Purchase Sci-Hub Exasperated over ineffectual attempts to shut down Sci-Hub, an illegal article sharing website, Elsevier has decided to purchase the service for an undisclosed sum. The purchase of another open access service by a corporate publishing giant has left some with the taste of bitter chocolate, notes […]

Blogs selected for Week March 21 to March 27, 2016

1. The Downside of Scale for Journal Publishers: Quality Control and Filtration Scale can be achieved by broadly outsourcing the editorial process. Does this lead to a loss in quality control, and is this acceptable? In his post in the Scholarly Kitchen Blog, David Crotty discusses the scale for journals in the current age of […]

Blogs selected for Week March 14 to March 20, 2016

1. Open access critical for exchange of research, Stanford professor argues Without access to journals via a university library or other institutional subscription, thousands of students and researchers are effectively excluded from the exchange of scientific ideas. Hence Sci-Hub, the Napster-like site that provides pirated journal papers free of charge, is now entangled in legal […]