The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of sharing data openly to improve the discoverability and reusability of new results.

Nature's guide tracks the US president's appointees who matter most to science.

What research caught the public imagination in 2020? Check out Altmetrics' annual list of papers with the most attention.

2020 wasn't all bad. In April of last year, we released our first public data file. Though Crossref metadata is always openly available--and our board recently cemented this by voting to adopt the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI)--we've decided to release an updated file.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. will bring with him the largest team of climate change experts ever assembled in the White House, and action on global warming is expected quickly.

The Nebra sky disk, which has been called the oldest known depiction of astronomical phenomena, is a "very emotional object."

Scientists were surprised to find the insect's preserved penis, which suggests it was an unknown species.

Under Biden, genome-sequencing pioneer Eric Lander may become the most powerful scientist in US history. But he comes with some baggage.

In this forward-looking spirit, sharing information about the coming EU funding framework seems to be an appropriate topic for the last DARIAH Open post in 2020. As such, this entry is having a look at how Open Science is taking shape in the nascent Horizon Europe funding programme for 2021-2027, what to expect and what are the major changes compared to the previous funding programme, Horizon 2020.

Researchers found that the variant originated in California and showed up in more than half of samples tested last week by researchers in Los Angeles.

During an webinar on Wednesday 27 November 2021, from 14.00–16.30 CET, Science Europe will formally launch the second edition of its Practical Guide to the International Alignment of Research Data Management.

Analysis of hundreds of articles in predatory titles shows that 60% have never been cited.

Scammers set up fake institutional email accounts to deceive a chemistry publication's editorial team.

Subscription journals will let some Plan S funded researchers share accepted manuscripts under open licences.

The pandemic has exposed the impact of 20 years of turning higher education into a marketplace and students into increasingly dissatisfied customers.

Sharon Begley, whose science journalism career spanned 43 years at Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and STAT, died Saturday at 64.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation says lockdowns have hit incomes of those in insecure work the hardest

He has selected geneticist Eric Lander, who helped map the human genome, to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The president-elect detailed plans for an initial effort to fight the coronavirus and a subsequent one to address economic recovery.

Boris Johnson's plan to test millions of pupils a week in disarray after concerns raised.

We are thrilled to announce that once again the Open Knowledge Foundation is giving out mini-grants to support people hosting Open Data Day events across the world.

Move comes as publishers sue in India to block public access.