Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Social Science Research Council Turns 100: Examining Its Present-Day Impact
Children in Sierra Leone require five vaccinations by the age of one, but many parents—especially those who face a five to eight-mile […]
Upcoming Webinar Series: How To Be A Peer Reviewer
Sage is hosting ‘how to be a peer reviewer,’ a free webinar series that will explain the academic reviewing landscape. The event will be held on three occasions to accommodate audiences worldwide.
Empowering Research Software
The paradox of research software lies in the tension between the promotion of software as a scholarly output and the reality of software as a product that needs to be sustained beyond its publication.
Is Wikipedia A Good Academic Resource?
As research and instruction librarians, we know people have concerns about using Wikipedia in academic work. And yet, in interacting with undergraduate and graduate students doing various kinds of research, we also see how Wikipedia can be an important source for background information, topic development and locating further information.
Directly Tackling the Gender Bias of Wikipedia’s Social Science Entries
Reflecting on their work on Sage’s recent Wikipedia edit-athon, Mariah John-Leighton and Hannah Jane Pearson discuss how the project has increased the representation of women social scientists on the platform.
DORA Announces Three-Year Plan For Research Assessment Reform
The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, or DORA, has released a strategic plan to reinforce the organization’s vision “to advance practical and robust approaches to research assessment globally and across all scholarly disciplines.”
Scholarly Kitchen Interview: Ziyad Marar on Academic Publishing’s Future
The Scholarly Kitchen interviews Sage’s Ziyad Marar about his story and the tale yet to be told for academic publishing.
Federal Health and Human Services Department Names Research Integrity Head
After a two-year vacancy, the United States Office of Research Integrity has named a permanent director. Sheila Garrity.
