If only we fixed the publishing system. If only we fixed the incentives, rewards and recognition. Open Science (OS) likes to position itself as a systems problem. And whilst these things do matter, decades of the same conversations and limited change is unveiling an uncomfortable truth: The biggest barrier to change in Open Science isn’t systems or structures. It’s people. And I don’t just mean people in the abstract;
We cannot teleport physical proximity, but we can replicate its psychological effects in remote teams. This has everything to do with propinquity. If the physical world provided connection by accident, the digital world requires connection by design. The most critical loss in the shift to remote work is “propinquity,” a fancy word for physical nearness.
John Willinsky was named a Member of the Order of Canada on December 31st, 2025, for almost three decades of dedication to making knowledge public through his PKP work. In this post, we reflect on how the generous support of PKP’s contributors, reflecting the deeply collective nature of the project, made this work possible. In […] The post PKP Founder John Willinsky Appointed to the Order of Canada appeared first on Public Knowledge Project.
Why does a video call feel empty compared to a handshake? How does physical absence break the social contract? What happens to trust in remote work? For generations, professional trust relied on a simple, physical toolkit. We shook hands. We looked each other in the eye across a table. We shared coffee during breaks. These were not just social niceties.
Der Diamond Open Access Standard (DOAS), der praktikable Kriterien für die Veröffentlichung wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriften festlegt, steht der Community jetzt auch auf Deutsch zur Verfügung. Die im DOAS formulierten Qualitätskriterien berücksichtigen über 70 aktuelle nationale und internationale Publikationsrichtlinien und wurden im intensiven Austausch mit der europäischen Diamond Open Access Community entwickelt.
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A new study in Nature finds that AI adoption correlates with faster career ascent and higher citation impact, while the semantic spread of entire fields subtly contracts around fewer topical regions.
Das Open Research Office Berlin sucht ab sofort eine Juristin (m/w/d) für den Aufbau einer juristischen Anlaufstelle für Forschende aus Berlins Wissenschafts- und Kulturerbe-Einrichtungen (Legal Helpdesk Berlin). Wir freuen uns bis zum 09.02.2026 über Bewerbungen von Menschen mit erfolgreich abgeschlossenem erstem Staatsexamen, die Interesse daran haben, Open Research in Berliner Wissenschafts- und Kulturerbe-Einrichtungen voranzutreiben und …
A laboratory safety benchmark finds retrieval augmented generation (RAG) can make strong models worse.
Like many awesome internet phenomena, blogging started in the late nineties. Nature authors and editors recognized the effort early. In 2006 there were already more than 45 million blogs, and at least 50 science blogs made it in the top 50,000 and 5 in the top 3,500.
