Bird droppings provide clues to environmental change
Queen's University researchers John Smol and Matthew Duda have identified concerning trends in a vulnerable seabird.
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Jan 23, 2020
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The start of biological spring in Africa is linked to the quantity of hours of sunshine
Experts from the University of Seville have published a recent study in which they determine that the start of the increase in the verdure of vegetation (equivalent to the start of spring) in Africa is directly connected ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2020
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Transformative change can save humans and nature
The survival of Earth's life is not a battle of humans versus nature. In this week's Science, an independent group of international experts, including one from Michigan State University (MSU), deliver a sweeping assessment ...
Environment
Dec 12, 2019
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Central banks are waking up to climate change dangers
The impact of climate change on the stability of individual financial institutions and the financial system in general is growing. It influences the types of activities that financial institutions will fund and the cost of ...
Economics & Business
Sep 2, 2019
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Hyphens in paper titles harm citation counts and journal impact factors
According to the latest research results, the presence of simple hyphens in the titles of academic papers adversely affects the citation statistics, regardless of the quality of the articles. The phenomenon applies to all ...
Other
May 31, 2019
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Exacerbating the replication crisis in science: Replication studies are often unwelcome
Researchers in London have investigated 1151 psychology journals and found that just 3% state that they welcome scientists to submit replication studies for publication. In replication studies, scientists try to replicate ...
Other
Apr 11, 2017
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New study explores disparities between researchers who publish in high-and low-impact journals
A new study surveying authors from a range of countries investigates the crucial differences between authors who publish in high- and low-impact factor medical journals. This original research shows that the growth of open ...
Other
Feb 8, 2017
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Peer review is in crisis, but should be fixed, not abolished
This year three Nobel Prize-winning biologists broke with tradition and published their research directly on the internet as so-called preprints. Their motivation? Saving time.
Other
Nov 15, 2016
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Measuring up—impact factors do not reflect article citation rates
Journal-level metrics, the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) being chief among them, do not appropriately reflect the impact or influence of individual articles—a truism perennially repeated by bibliometricians, journal editors ...
Other
Jul 11, 2016
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Our obsession with metrics is corrupting science
Not everything that can be counted counts,and not everything that counts can be counted. – William Bruce Cameron
Other
Jun 1, 2015
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