Academic Life and Culture

 

FABBS Open Science Statement

The Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) is a coalition of 29 scientific societies and 60 academic departments that come together to advance the rigor, impact, equity, and accessibility of our disciplines. To these …

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes New Action to Crack Down on Junk Fees in Higher Education

Reforms would save students and borrowers billions in unnecessary fees and improve the college and loan repayment experience. Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new steps to crack down on hidden junk fees as part of President …

Feasibility of Emulating Clinical Trials Supporting US FDA Supplemental Indication Approvals of Drugs and Biologics

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has developed a framework to use data gathered outside of clinical trials (eg, electronic health record [EHR] and insurance claims data) for evaluations of medical product safety and effectiveness. These …

Fifty years of research on questionable research practises in science: Quantitative analysis of co-citation patterns

Questionable research practises (QRPs) have been the focus of the scientific community amid greater scrutiny and evidence highlighting issues with replicability across many fields of science. To capture the most impactful publications and the main …

Flood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures

Fake studies have flooded the publishers of top scientific journals, leading to thousands of retractions and millions of dollars in lost revenue. The biggest hit has come to Wiley, a 217-year-old publisher based in Hoboken, N.J., which Tuesday will …

FORRT’s Open and Reproducible Science Syllabus

To provide educators with an example of how they can draw resources from FORRT’s educational nexus to integrate open scholarship into their teaching, FORRT has developed an Open and Reproducible Science 101 syllabus.

Framework for Value Based Academic Assessment

We present a framework designed to help academic institutions and departments rethink and reform academic assessments - including tenure and promotion evaluations - using a values-based approach. For each of the 14 values included, we outline some …

From mental-health breakfast interventions to evidence-based practice

We are thrilled to present our new Pedagogies, which features Dr. Thomas Rhys Evans. Thomas is Associate Professor of Occupational Psychology (from September 2024 he’ll be Professor in Organizational Psychology and Open Scholarship) at the University …

From policy to practice: Lessons learned from an open science funding initiative

In the past few years, there has been a notable shift in the open science landscape as more countries and international agencies release recommendations and implementation guidelines for open scholarship. In August 2022, the US White House Office of …

From private incentives to public health need: rethinking research and development for pandemic preparedness

Pandemic preparedness and response have relied primarily on market dynamics to drive development and availability of new health products. Building on calls for transformation, we propose a new value proposition that instead prioritises equity from …