Does it matter that there's no record of the Plan S leader publishing in a peer-reviewed journal?

Elsevier's role in the EU's Open Science Monitor is examined more closely.

Wikipedia should be embraced by universities as an open-access source of information that can be the starting point for deeper research and learning, says John Lubbock.

The Belgian biologist fears for the future of the pioneering UK Dementia Research Institute after Brexit

Open Access mega-journals have in some academic disciplines become a key channel for communicating research. In others, however, they remain unknown. This article explores how authors’ perceptions of mega-journals differ across disciplines and are shaped by motivations associated with the multiple communities they function within.

Reporting results from a comprehensive survey of publishers in the German-speaking world, Christian Kaier and Karin Lackner explore the attitudes of smaller publishers towards open access, finding …

It’s tempting to think science gives a God’s-eye view of reality. But we forget the place of human experience at our peril.

A much-needed debunk of shortsighted comments about science investments.

Open Acess and Plan S in particular create a conflict between editorial quality and the cost of publication.

Scientific publishers charge so much that even Harvard can't afford it anymore. A new publishing infrastructure could help.

China appears to embrace Europe-led plan, but other countries are reluctant.

Science that is robust and reproducible will stimulate economic growth and social benefits, argue Marcus Munafò and Neil Jacobs 

The US focus of digital humanities in libraries seems to be shifting toward skills, tools and methods and away from collections and projects.

Despite the expansion of global Internet coverage and open access journals, research from outside of the United States and Europe is underrepresented. Open science could improve access and representation.

The FAIR principles were published in 2016 in a Scientific Data article titled 'FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship'. These were developed to aid in the discovery and reuse of research data.FAIR stands for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. Data that meet these principles are more optimal for reuse and discoverability and in turn increase your research's exposure.Here's how your data is more FAIR when it's on Figshare.Illustration by Jason McDermott of RedPenBlackPen.

While 18,000 retractions may sound like a lot, that amount is clearly just a fraction of the total number of papers that are a problem, as surveys indicate.

Promising immunizations for diseases that affect mostly people in low- and middle-income countries need help getting to market.

Visionaries thought technology would change books. Instead, it's changed everything about publishing a book.

I’m not the first to come up with a personal story about the importance of open access and I’m not going to tell my story right now. I want to tell two other stories from the past couple of weeks that have reinforced for me why I do what I do every day in advocating for full and immediate open access to research.

The economist William Nordhaus will receive his profession's highest honor for research on global warming that's been hugely influential - and entirely misguided.

What does the accelerated death of insects mean for the rest of life on Earth?

Sexism has long skewed research, but a new wave of scientists is shifting course.

Despite the position being billed as a stepping stone on the way to tenure-track academic employment, many postdocs, discouraged by their poor prospects, are questioning their career choices and instead looking to non-academic jobs as an alternative. However, as Chris Hayter and Marla A. Parker reveal, making this transition is not as easy as it might first appear.

Any scientist publishing a claim should quantify their confidence in it with a probability, argues Steven N. Goodman.

The alleged creation of the world's first gene-edited infants was full of technical errors and ethical blunders. Here are the 15 most damning details.

Better editorial oversight, not more flawed papers, might explain flood of retractions

The proposed strategy relies on manipulating with high precision an unimaginably huge number of variables

A perspective from an interdisciplinary group of early career researchers on the value of preprints, advocating the wide adoption of preprints to advance knowledge and facilitate career development.

Many believe it is difficult to reconcile demands for gender equality and measures such as moderate quotas with academia's conception of quality. This is according to a new master's thesis on assessments and gender in hiring processes for senior-level positions.

The entrepreneur and author on how universities can create a healthy working culture