Elsevier announces the International Center for the Study of Research

A groundbreaking new Center tasked with examining and advancing the evaluation of research across all fields of knowledge production has been launched by Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health. The International Center for the Study of Research (ICSR) will work closely with the research community to review and develop the use of qualitative and quantitative metrics

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Memo to Italy’s president: your researchers need you

The collapse of Italy’s coalition government has left researchers vulnerable. The president should use his moral authority with party leaders to make sure that promises of increased funding are kept. Source Nature 572, 563 (2019)doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-02560-1 Last week, Italy’s coalition government ended abruptly, when the nationalist Lega party of deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini announced that

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