The Unexpected Reason Researchers Choose Open Access
Open-access publishing held to the same standards as paid subscription journals.
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European Open Science Cloud
The Commission made the Declaration of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) available to all scientific stakeholders, for their endorsement and commitments to the realisation by 2020.
How Wikimedia Helped Authors Make over 3000 Articles Green Open Access
Michele Marchetto of Wikimedia Italia shares the story of how they helped authors to make their open access articles more widely available.
How Does Blogging Work as a Teaching Concept?
The opportunities and experiences of blogging as part of teaching.
You Can Download Hawking's PhD For Free, but It Took 50 Years To Make It Happen
On the slow but steady rise of Open Access.
Key Legislator Tells Trump Officials to Back off on Proposed Overhead Spending Cap for NIH
Ireland's Health Research Board Launches Their Own Publication Platform: HRB Open Research
Ireland's Health Research Board Launches Their Own Publication Platform: HRB Open Research
Ireland's Health Research Board is the first public funder to launch their own publication platform.
Building a Culture of Data Sharing: Policy Design and Implementation for Research Data Management in Development Research
Building a Culture of Data Sharing: Policy Design and Implementation for Research Data Management in Development Research
Investigating the implementation of data management and sharing requirements within seven development research projects.
Share Your Data
An analysis of a collection of open-access datasets quantifies their benefit to the scientific community.
Alibaba Is Plowing $15 Billion into R&D with 7 New Research Labs
Alibaba wants to compete with the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. The advisory board includes Harvard's geneticist George Church and others.
Collaboration and Concerted Action Are Key to Making Open Data a Reality
Collaboration and Concerted Action Are Key to Making Open Data a Reality
How to make widespread open data a reality.
Big Science in a Small Country
Switzerland's unique geography and economy put it at the centre of the world when it comes to scientific collaboration.
Swiss University Dissolves Astronomy Institute after Misconduct Allegations
Swiss University Dissolves Astronomy Institute after Misconduct Allegations
ETH Zurich in Switzerland launched an investigation into allegations that a leading professor mistreated graduate students for more than a decade.
Scholia: Wikidata Scholarly Profile
Scholarly profile pages constructed from queries to information in Wikidata.
How Science Transformed the World in 100 Years
We need to be more concerned than ever about how society uses scientific discoveries, says Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society UK.
‘Health Valley’ Gets even Healthier
ADC Therapeutics, a Swiss start-up that specialises in cutting-edge cancer drugs, has raised almost CHF200 million ($200 million) in private funds.
Many Junior Scientists Need to Take a Hard Look at Their Job Prospects
Permanent jobs in academia are scarce, and someone needs to let PhD students know.
PREreview, A New Resource for the Collaborative Review of Preprints
Reviewing preprints provides feedback to the authors and helps involve more scientists in peer review.
Trashing Science in Government Grants Isn’t Normal
The Case of the EPA, John Konkus, and Climate Change.
Authorship Revised: Alternatives to Traditional Authorship
The author line provides no adequate information on the qualitative contribution of the single persons listed.
Peer Review's Give-and-Take
Maybe there isn't a peer-review 'crisis,' at least in terms of quantity.
Imagining The "Open" University: Sharing Scholarship to Improve Research and Education
Imagining The "Open" University: Sharing Scholarship to Improve Research and Education
This Perspective article argues that universities should take action to support open scholarship that benefits society and to return to their core missions of knowledge dissemination, community engagement, and public good.
Radical Open Access Website Officially Launched
A community of scholar-led, not-for-profit presses, journals and other open access projects in the humanities and social sciences.
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