Paul Basken

Government's move to mandate open data in federally sponsored research may slow under new administration --http://bit.ly/2fKE0Zv 

Awaiting Jan. 20, scientists left hoping for the best --https://shar.es/1IIUCr 

Statistical analysis of researcher value gives boost to older scientists --https://shar.es/1IttFu 

As the publishing industry moves to better serve scientists and their labs, the race is on to ensure open data --https://shar.es/1IWVIj 

A yuuuuge problem for mental health experts, big time: What to say publicly about Trump --http://bit.ly/2f8A0Dk 

After documenting need and value, university scientists press Congress for newer, more efficient research ships --http://bit.ly/2erm3iZ 

Found wanting in its judgments of faculty, a chastened Academic Analytics eases off promises to universities --http://bit.ly/2dNghGk 

Organizer sees Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub as a family-friendly attempt to solve all human ailments --http://bit.ly/2dFkTLY 

Beyond partisan spotlight of US election, Laureate a more complicated story of tackling major global need --http://bit.ly/2dfIFnb 

Farm researchers increasingly hopeful of federal budget boost as ties to human health grow clearer --http://bit.ly/2c6AnYn 

Long-tolerated but little trusted, the Journal Impact Factor gets a competitor with a major backer --http://bit.ly/2c9Pjbd 

At long last, federal prosecutors join the fight against predatory academic journals --http://bit.ly/2co0Iap 

Researchers tackling violence in all its forms find key economic triggers largely outside their control --http://bit.ly/2bOXnRd 

Zika testing ability of academic publishing to combine speed with accuracy --http://bit.ly/2aJZDTs 

The push for data-sharing in clinical trials is making progress, but status-quo is still a formidable obstacle --http://bit.ly/2awegvE 

Turkish academics anticipating loyalty screening --http://bit.ly/29WbbJ1 

Not bias, but lack of grant applications, seen by NIH as slowing younger researchers --http://bit.ly/29ubRTu 

U of California faculty vote for open-access policy, then largely decline to comply with it --http://bit.ly/29qSqf9 

Good read by by @pbasken, “Data Mining Points Path to Helping Female and Minority Scientists”http://buff.ly/290oXc2