High publishing charges keep continent's scholars out of top journals, academics argue.

The COVID-19 syndemic is entering its most dangerous phase. There is a mounting breakdown of trust. Not only between politicians and the public. But also among politicians and publics with science and scientists. This breach of faith with science is far more threatening.

Researchers warn that vaccines could stumble on safety trials, be fast-tracked because of politics or fail to meet the public's expectations.

Therapies and vaccines will come, but not for many months. Until then, politicians will have to work on the basics

Bully and ignore the experts, and send in the quacks.

COKI Project Co-lead Professor Cameron Neylon outlines why he is supporting a campaign calling for all abstracts to be made open access.

COVID-19 has led to rapid and open sharing of research outputs. But will this new, radically open research communications paradigm result in permanent change? 

While so much about the virus and how it operates remains unclear, sub-Saharan Africa so far has dodged a deadly wave of coronavirus cases.

Universities need to genuinely support mentorship training for faculty members.

Getting rid of harmful papers is a vital step toward reestablishing readers' trust. Next, publishers should target articles that are flawed in other ways.

The editors of the Lancet Group examined The Lancet's peer-review processes to identify ways of further reducing risks of research and publication misconduct.

In support of #PeerRevWk20 theme #TrustInPeerReview, we asked the Chefs how trust in peer review could be improved. See what they said and add your thoughts!

Europe's flagship science agency will be crucial to a post-coronavirus world. Slashing its budget will be a senseless act.

Efforts to find and deploy a coronavirus vaccine should be as transparent as possible to increase the chances of success - but the reality is often sadly different.

The language algorithm GPT-3 continues our descent into a post-truth world.

A silver-bullet vaccine is far from guaranteed. But it's also not the only way out of the pandemic.

Coronavirus shows why open publishing is vital, but could make it unaffordable, says Martin Eve.

This blog calls for a better scientific quality by pointing to the shortcomings in academia.

The FAIR principles answer the 'How' question for sharing research data, but we also need consensus on the 'What' question.

To dream of imminent solutions is only human. But progress will come from controlled expectations.

We aren't very good at discussing trade-offs, but we need to make some during this pandemic.

"The glacial progress our community has made to remedy our historic and present day exclusion, have been chronicled for longer than I have been alive", says Kenneth Gibbs. 

In the media circus surrounding the pandemic, it's the loudest researchers who have been heard the most. Why it is important that we also listen to quieter voices in future, and why the state of scientific knowledge should be communicated with greater candour.

Technology gave us the dream of a cocooned future. Now we're living it.

The publishing contract reads like a classic big deal for journal subscriptions. But then, only a short addendum of 1.5 pages deals with the new Open Access workflow.

Centuries of bias have impeded the advance of human knowledge. As the COVID-19 pandemic makes evident, new threats may emerge suddenly. The world cannot protect itself without the intelligence and skill of half the human race.

Responses to the pandemic in India's slums, Brazil's favelas and Africa's marketplaces show that networks play a crucial part in making cities more resilient. Let's enhance and empower them.

A century ago, children in New York City attended classes during a pandemic. It seemed to work.

We do not have to live in a constant state of fear that our health is being put at-risk. We can restore and strengthen science-based decision-making processes that are protected from political interference. Today, we are releasing our first set of recommendations providing a roadmap for how the fede