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A comparison of preprints and their final journal publications show discrepancies in results reporting and spins in interpretation.
We urgently need to create a high-profile campaign devoted to transforming universities in the way required so that humanity may learn how to make social progress toward a better, wiser, more civilized, enlightened world.
A look at a session from last week's CHORUS Forum that discussed new open access business models -- what does it take to make them work?
The Horizon 2020 project EOSC Enhance is launching an open survey targeting the entire EOSC community, to look more closely at individuals who create EOSC, understand who they are, where they come from and, most importantly, what they need in their everyday (research) activities.
When the social floodgates open, not everyone will want to use their newfound freedom in the same way.
As a bioengineer, Linda Griffith once grew a human ear on the back of a mouse. Now she is reframing endometriosis as a key to unlocking some of biology's greatest secrets.
In the UK and the US, white people are being vaccinated more quickly than others. It might well be the same in Germany ― but statistics based on ethnicity are not collected here. Is it time to close the data gap?
The current COVID-19 pandemic has impacted cities particularly hard. Here, we provide an in-depth characterization of disease incidence and mortality, and their dependence on demographic and socioeconomic strata in Santiago, a highly segregated city and the capital of Chile. Our analyses show a strong association between socioeconomic status and both COVID-19 outcomes and public health capacity.
Join AfricArXiv, Eider Africa, TCC Africa, and PREreview for a virtual discussion and collaborative review of an African-relevant preprint.
Don't get bogged down in technical details, and balance the professional and the personal.
Announcing the launch of five new journals, all addressing global health and environmental challenges and rooted in the full values of Open Science.
Getting digitized primary source materials into the classroom requires an open dialogue among researchers, teachers, and archivists. A workshop from historians of business shows how.
Rasha Shraim's education helped her to think more deeply about ethics, logic and other big questions.
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This project investigated how a lack of external contact would affect sense of time - and two thirds wanted to stay longer.
Prominent academics, including a former IPCC chair, round on governments worldwide for using the concept of net zero emissions to 'greenwash' their lack of commitment to solving global warming.
Warning comes after lack of new funding pledges at virtual summit attended by 40 world leaders and hosted by White House.
Senior male researchers at prestigious institutions are the most likely to pay to publish open access, study suggests.
The "hygiene hypothesis" says early contact with microbes trains our immune systems. But what happens after a year of distancing?
A survey reveals Britain is a more popular destination for studying than the US, Canada, Australia and Germany.
If we want real public understanding of new findings, we must also open up peer review.
Research-intensive university groups representing 77 universities across Europe have joined together to signal their determination to collaborate across borders to drive innovation and new discoveries. The joint statement also calls upon the European Union not to restrict access for associated countries, such as the UK and Switzerland, to parts of its multi-billion Horizon Europe research programme.
A vaccine developed by scientists at Jenner Institute, Oxford, shows up to 77% efficacy in a trial over 12 months.
The research adds to a growing number of findings suggesting the Pfizer and Moderna shots are protective against the variants identified so far.
With the addition of 14 new CRediT contributor roles, research contributors - who may have multiple roles per published work - can now have all facets of their work recognized.
This post explores how scholarly publishing should relate to scholarly communication. Ostensibly aligned, publishing and communication have diverged. Some processes involved in scholarly publishing are getting in the way of optimal scholarly communication, as the present pandemic amply reveals.
Like all OA funding models, subscribe-to-open solves some problems while creating others. Some of the downsides are pretty fundamental.
