Improving research culture
We foster a supportive environment with initiatives that bring like-minded individuals together, such as the eLife Early-Career Advisory Group (ECAG) and eLife Community Ambassadors, and seek to amplify the voices of researchers through the magazine content we publish.
Current initiatives
Advisory groups and community programmes
Early-Career Advisory Group: A group of active scientists advocate for early-career researchers while shaping eLife's activities to help realise our mission.
Global South Committee for Open Science: Supporting researchers in the Global South, and amplifying their work.
eLife Community Ambassadors: A cohort of early-career researchers work together to drive change towards open-science and responsible and inclusive research practices.
Collections
Research Culture: There are growing concerns that the research system no longer benefits science or scientists and that changes need to be made. Specially selected articles explore a variety of topics within this broad area.
Meta-Research: Meta-research is research that uses the methods of science to study science itself. From gender bias in peer review to the readability of the scientific literature, there’s a wide breadth of articles to explore in this collection.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: In the face of systemic racism, gender bias and other forms of inequality, we share how institutions and individual scientists are working to make science more equitable, diverse and inclusive.
Sparks of Change: It can only take a moment to ignite change for an individual or a community. Scientists tell their stories of how the culture of research is changing in this inspiring collection.
