Help us think scientifically about how to solve bottlenecks in scientific publishing. Over the next few years, Astera will be funding a series of ambitious programs to catalyze new publishing tools. We want to make information exchange faster and easier in the life sciences. This week we are launching two new opportunities in Science: https://lnkd.in/gEAjC7XH 1. Astera’s first Science Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program is looking for creative, high-agency entrepreneurs to build new publishing tools for Upgrading Scientific Dialogue: https://lnkd.in/g_Ayj_tM 2. A request for ideas for Unblocking Scientific Publishing will collect the technological bottlenecks in scientific publishing: https://lnkd.in/geHf6EJR
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Scholarly output in #OpenAccess has continued its robust growth in recent years, while apparently reaching a tipping point of 51% of articles in Open Access in 2022, likely driven by Open Science practices' adoption https://ow.ly/8uTe50QiMt4
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Discover the power of scientific research. Hello, LinkedIn community, I had the pleasure of attending a To-Research event where I saw students of all age groups having inspiring ideas for minds. They talked a lot about the role of scientific research in shaping our world. I want to share a little of what i gained with you. Research drives good change, growth and transformation. It takes ideas and turns them into real ways to help with difficult matters in many areas. Using sophisticated methods and clever ideas, scientists find new things and invent ways to grow that help us all and make life easier. It was a pleasure to chat with those who love this field at the To-Research. This has led me to want to continue learning and seeking more knowledge throughout my life, and I learned something important: believing in your idea is the first step to implementing it. Thank you, Dr. Afaf Ahmed, for igniting my love for this field. Your help means a lot to me. I will use what I learned in my next steps. #ScientificResearch #Innovation #Development #CreativeThinking
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I strongly agree. I always say the same "what does your publication lead to a product or new method or process"? When we do translational research lead to product development in our R&D company, many students or interns ask for reference for each and everything because otherwise my faculty will not accept... I always say there is no point in repeating what others have already done.. We should do more translations research which can solve many problems..so move towards problem solving approach There is no point in having a high impact factor, h index, citation etc.. At the end of the day what you have done to the society or the world with your deep research..that matters a lot Let us change and create a creative scientific world. Number is a Number...
Big Profs have no time to read all their papers, prioritizing research enterprise over science. This leads to over-publishing. Overpublishing is when you produce too many papers that: - are scientifically very simple. - repeat other published studies (or add a tiny “tweak”) - have little to zero value Examples: - Publishing 1 paper per week, which means 50 papers a year. There are many profs who co-author even more. - Publishing meaningless things that add ‘noise’ to science. Cited mostly by similarly useless papers. No serious textbook is published based on it. - Papers claiming big numbers (capacities, activities, stability, etc) that are of no interest to industry. Each new paper reports even bigger numbers and makes previous metrics irrelevant. Outcome of overpublishing: - Deterioration of science. Many people follow this approach because they think science is about the number of publications. - Widespread overwork. Poor students have to fulfill the strange dreams of their advisors. - TONS of noise. Impenetrable fog of ‘literature’ that both students and PIs can’t navigate anymore. What to do: 1. Funders should focus only on 5 most important recent papers, not the entire list. 2. Less funding for achieving illusory numbers (another big battery, another big catalyst, another big magnet, etc). Very little of it gets into a real application and most remain as short-living ‘achievements’ that no one cares about. 3. More funding for understanding phenomena and mechanisms. The questions of ‘Why’ give the long-term output for science. Finally, we need better funding for deep-tech startups. Instead of financing scientists who want to ‘create a super-mega-catalyst’ that no one can implement, GIVE it to those who want to implement a real catalyst and solve a real problem. Yes, some of startups fail. But this experience will be more valuable than another publication that no one needs. #PhD #science #research #chemistry #publishing #university
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Nature has just published these five ways to boost open science. What do you think? Check local guidelines whether sharing is mandatory Decide with collaborators whether and what to share from the outset Start early to minimize the time and effort involved Track who has access to your materials Report sharing in grants and research plans #academiclife #keeplearning
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Agree wholeheartedly, with the caveat that replication studies of valuable scientific advances add value and should not be lumped into the “overpublication” category - they should just be acknowledged to be replication. One of the challenges with implementation is that those who control and allocate funding (both to research and to deep tech commercializing) are so rarely domain experts, and peer review is fundamentally broken for a whole host of reasons. I’d love to see a near future where instead of churning out prospective profs, academic labs pursue ideas with the explicit intention of spinning out a company to commercialize the results of their research. Building entrepreneurship training into the academic stream makes this a viable option - scientists are often well suited to deep tech commercializations but so often aren’t even aware of the possibility.
Big Profs have no time to read all their papers, prioritizing research enterprise over science. This leads to over-publishing. Overpublishing is when you produce too many papers that: - are scientifically very simple. - repeat other published studies (or add a tiny “tweak”) - have little to zero value Examples: - Publishing 1 paper per week, which means 50 papers a year. There are many profs who co-author even more. - Publishing meaningless things that add ‘noise’ to science. Cited mostly by similarly useless papers. No serious textbook is published based on it. - Papers claiming big numbers (capacities, activities, stability, etc) that are of no interest to industry. Each new paper reports even bigger numbers and makes previous metrics irrelevant. Outcome of overpublishing: - Deterioration of science. Many people follow this approach because they think science is about the number of publications. - Widespread overwork. Poor students have to fulfill the strange dreams of their advisors. - TONS of noise. Impenetrable fog of ‘literature’ that both students and PIs can’t navigate anymore. What to do: 1. Funders should focus only on 5 most important recent papers, not the entire list. 2. Less funding for achieving illusory numbers (another big battery, another big catalyst, another big magnet, etc). Very little of it gets into a real application and most remain as short-living ‘achievements’ that no one cares about. 3. More funding for understanding phenomena and mechanisms. The questions of ‘Why’ give the long-term output for science. Finally, we need better funding for deep-tech startups. Instead of financing scientists who want to ‘create a super-mega-catalyst’ that no one can implement, GIVE it to those who want to implement a real catalyst and solve a real problem. Yes, some of startups fail. But this experience will be more valuable than another publication that no one needs. #PhD #science #research #chemistry #publishing #university
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🌍 What if we could predict which researchers will excel in the near future? That's the question driving Dr. Balázs Győrffy and his team at the University of Pécs. Their innovative software, based on real-time, objective data, goes beyond traditional metrics to offer a fresh approach to evaluating scientific performance. This could change the game for both researchers seeking funding and institutions aiming for excellence. 🚀 I had the opportunity to translate this article, shedding light on how this innovation could reshape the way we view scientific progress. 🌍 Curious to learn more? 🔗 Read the full article here:
🔍 How can you predict the future success of a researcher? 🔬 When allocating funding and planning a #research project, it is crucial to see which researchers will be active and successful in the near future. However, the science metrics used so far do not give a complete picture. Dr. Balázs Győrffy and his research team have developed a new kind of real-time and objective #measurement #software that can #revolutionise the way researchers assess their #performance Learn more about this #innovative method! #Science #Innovation #ScienceMetrics #UniversityofPécs
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The COVID-19 pandemic significantly influenced scientific publishing and the output of research institutions and laboratories. Here are 3 long-term changes propelling the science publication industry into a new era: 1) Increased adoption of digital tools and platforms 2) Emphasis on open access 3) Focus on collaborative research Read our Useful Articles @ SciTechEdit for more! #science #publishing #writingtips
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PDF Re-thinking science-industry relations along the interactive model. The case of academic spin-offs Potthast Jörg. digsell https://lnkd.in/eUnd9J8w Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), 2009. — 63 p.Contents Introduction Shift Entrepreneurship-based science? Has interaction between science and industry become more intensive? Industrial research as an object of research Commercialisation of science and its discontents Lands IT Land, BioLand, NanoLand: Exploring high concentrations of academic spin-offs Interviews Iinteractions Complex coordination Interaction as a catalyst The role of intermediaries Repercussions Repercussions according to the input model of science Repercussions according to the output model of science Who is really doing science-industry, except a few (male) professors? Caveats Conclusions The future of the interactive model is uncertain Re-calibrating innovation and science … Read More » https://lnkd.in/emSc_Kwi
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