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Europe PMC's Response to the Implementation Guidance of Plan S

Europe PMC's Response to the Implementation Guidance of Plan S

Europe PMC’s mission to support innovation based on open access content is well aligned with the fundamental principles of Plan S.

Plan S and Open Access in Latin America

Plan S and Open Access in Latin America

Open Access publishing is more widespread in Latin America than in any other region of the world, and continues to grow. We sat down with CLACSO's Open Access Advisor Dominique Babini to find out why.

Feedback to Coalition S on Plan S Implementation Guidelines

Feedback to Coalition S on Plan S Implementation Guidelines

An argument that Coalition members should favour, both in words and via their spending decisions, community-controlled, no-author-fee journals over commercially owned journals charging APCs, in order to give due consideration to the non-commercial elements of the scholarly publishing ecosystem. 

Thousands of Scientists Run Up Against Elsevier's Paywall

Thousands of Scientists Run Up Against Elsevier's Paywall

Researchers have been left without access to new papers as libraries and the major publisher fail to agree on subscription deals.

Can Machines Determine the Credibility of Research Claims?

Can Machines Determine the Credibility of Research Claims?

The Center for Open Science (COS) has been selected to participate in DARPA’s new program Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE).

Top Official of European Research Council Announces Early Retirement, Citing 'controversial' Changes

Top Official of European Research Council Announces Early Retirement, Citing 'controversial' Changes

A high-ranking EU civil servant leading the administrative wing of the European Research Council (ERC) announced his early retirement to staff on Monday, citing policy disputes.

The Game is Changing: How Two Years of Trump Has Energized the Science Community

The Game is Changing: How Two Years of Trump Has Energized the Science Community

Two years into the Trump administration the damage done to science is significant but it would have been far worse without thousands of scientists and their allies calling out attacks on science and detailing the consequences of these attacks for public health and safety.

Open Access Working Group: Statement on Plan S Guidelines - LIBER

Open Access Working Group: Statement on Plan S Guidelines - LIBER

The recently published guidance for the implementation of Plan S offers welcome new details on how full and immediate Open Access to research publications would be achieved under this new initiative.

Responsible Research and Innovation - A Quick Start Guide for Science Engagement Organisations,

Responsible Research and Innovation - A Quick Start Guide for Science Engagement Organisations,

Making science engaging is vital work, but fraught with challenges. How do you stay relevant in your local community? How do you ensure activities are designed in a way that places the needs and preferences of multiple target audiences at their centre? How do you find new collaborators and effectively expand your network? If you work for a science engagement organisation and need some support or just a little direction, this quick start guide to Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) will help.

A Guide to Avoiding Predatory Conferences

A Guide to Avoiding Predatory Conferences

Predatory conferences (conferences promoted to fraudulently make money from attendance fees) are becoming an increasingly common part of academic life. This post presents the Think. Check. Attend. initiative, which provides academics with an easy to use checklist to ascertain if a conference is legitimate or predatory.

Evidence Vs Democracy: What Are We Doing to Bridge the Divide?

Evidence Vs Democracy: What Are We Doing to Bridge the Divide?

The ecidence movmeent must respond to the ‘politics of distrust’. We cannot carry on regardless. 

We Won't Know if Screen Time is a Hazard Until Facebook Comes Clean

We Won't Know if Screen Time is a Hazard Until Facebook Comes Clean

Facebook's research app shows big tech can't be trusted to conduct research on its users. To get real answers about how tech impacts us, social media firms need to give their data to external scientists.

Extreme Chemistry: Experiments at the Edge of the Periodic Table

Extreme Chemistry: Experiments at the Edge of the Periodic Table

As the chase for new elements slows, scientists focus on deepening their understanding of the superheavy ones they already know.

Open Access Books Attract Many More Readers and Slightly More Citations

Open Access Books Attract Many More Readers and Slightly More Citations

Academics who offer their books free online reach many more readers and are cited slightly more often. Surprisingly enough, it has little effect on the sale of paper editions, positive or negative.

Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They're Saying.

Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain. Scientists Want to Know What They're Saying.

The body's microbial community may influence the brain and behavior, perhaps even playing a role in dementia, autism and other disorders.

A Response to UCL's "Response to Plan S"

A Response to UCL's "Response to Plan S"

A response from Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research at the Wellcome Trust, to UCL’s “Response to Plan S”.

Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services

Good Practice Principles for Scholarly Communication Services

Science and scholarship are critical to improving our lives and solving the world’s most intractable problems. The communication of research, a vital step in the research process, should be efficient, effective and fulfill the core values of scholarship.

Scaling Down Inequality: Rating Scales, Gender Bias, and the Architecture of Evaluation

Scaling Down Inequality: Rating Scales, Gender Bias, and the Architecture of Evaluation

Quantitative performance ratings are ubiquitous in modern organizations — from businesses to universities — yet there is substantialevidence of bias against women in suchratings. This study examines how gender inequalities in evaluations dependon the design of the tools used to judge merit. 

Celebrate the Women Behind the Periodic Table

Celebrate the Women Behind the Periodic Table

Brigitte Van Tiggelen and Annette Lykknes spotlight female researchers who discovered elements and their properties.