A new journal will allow academics to publish controversial articles under a pseudonym.

Academic publisher Elsevier has repeatedly made the news for its battle with Sci-Hub, the "Pirate Bay" of science. However, while Elsevier is using copyrights to protect its business, academic-insiders accuse the publisher of "anti-competitive" actions.

Back in the summer, we wrote about the paleontologist Jon Tennant, who had submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission regarding the relationship between the publishing giant Elsevier and the EU's Open Science Monitor. Now Tennant has...

In October, Elsevier and ACS filed a new US copyright infringement lawsuit against ResearchGate [complaint]. Like the German ResearchGate lawsuit I wrote about last year, the basic premise of the suit is the same. This is how Elsevier and ACS describe ResearchGate's activities in the American lawsuit: In egregious violation of copyright law, ResearchGate provides … Continue reading ACS v. ResearchGate - 3,143 articles and a few lessons about their authors   →

Presentation slides for Postgraduate Forum of the German Association for American Studies 2018. Alternative title: Selfish reasons for adopting open research practices in SSH research.

Unclear and incomplete journal guidelines are placing an additional burden on many scientists who don't speak English as a first language.

New research shows girls are more likely to take physical science or technology degrees if they play video games.

Professor Mariana Mazzucato, who has lived in UK for 20 years, says application refused and Italian passport kept by UK's Immigration Home Office.

Competitive agency positions offer balanced and rewarding science careers.

Mozilla Science Mini Grants are now open for applications.

Recent PhD graduate Lucy A. Taylor shares the advice she and her colleagues wish they had received.

The project melds work in the College of Education and School of Journalism and Communication

Though there have been substantial efforts in increasing the racial and ethnic diversity in medicine, there has been minimal growth in people who identify as American Indian and Alaska Native and apply and enroll in medical school in the U.S., according to a new report released Tuesday.

Hoping to increase faculty diversity, UC Davis is holding eight open searches focused on candidates' contributions to diversity, instead of narrow disciplinary expertise.

Bullying helpline and childcare grants among measures outlined in Royal Society of Chemistry report that reveals why chemistry has an equality problem.

On Tuesday, eight new science-credentialed candidates were elected: one senator and seven members of the House.

Sir John Kingman hints that research councils could withhold funding in cases where universities do not address unfair treatment of staff.

A 'Magna Carta for the web' will protect people's rights online from threats such as fake news, prejudice and hate, says founder of the internet.

The Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation join Plan S initiative.

Case aims to compel the government to slash greenhouse-gas emissions.

The Wellcome Trust has also announced how it will implement the plan, which could provide a blueprint for others.

The election of Jair Bolsonaro is bad for research and the environment.

A move to classify people on the basis of anatomy or genetics should be abandoned.

The Swedish ISP Bahnhof has a strong historic commitment to free speech, so when the notoriously corrupt science publishing giant Elsevier sought to force the ISP to censor connections to the open access site Sci-Hub, the ISP went to court to resist the order.

Unless researchers can persuade the public of the importance of their work, academia will never be an investment priority.

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has halted a program that each year allows hundreds of the nation’s best graduate students to work with experts in another country.

Scientists who team up with the public to conduct research need to do a better job of including all segments of society.

Swiss native Hansjörg Wyss will give $1 Billion over the next decade to help accelerate land and ocean conservation around the world.

Swiss university shut down astronomy institute last year where accused professor worked.

Over 80% of academics and students polled report that they have held unpaid research positions.