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As the publishing arm of the University of California system, UC Press supports the UC libraries in their cancellation of the Elsevier "big deal" package. As small to medium-sized publishers of largely humanities and social sciences (HSS) journals, university presses (including UC Press) have had to compete for diminishing library resources to support our publishing programs.

Research findings based on HeLa cells cannot always be reproduced by other scientists. To get to the bottom of this lack of reproducibility, a group of system biologists working with ETH Professor Ruedi Aebersold has embarked on a massive project: molecular cell measurement.

The mental health crisis extends into the ways counseling and psychological services are provided and into the intrinsic nature of graduate education.

For those trained in the sciences and the practice of law, where skepticism, logical reasoning and critical thinking are the most closely held tools to guide them through life, it's vexing to witness seemingly intelligent people duped by pseudo-scientific nutrition advice and treatments for illnesses with no evidence of effectiveness.

Robert Harington interviews Daniel Hook, CEO of Digital Science, discussing openness and findings from his recent report entitled The Ascent of Open Access.

both in Europe and Latin America principles have been postulated to achieve Open Access. Europe calls it Plan S while in Latin America it…

Gender bias in peer review has been much discussed in the wider research community. However, there have been few attempts to analyse the issue within the social sciences. This post highlights research undertaken by the Regional Studies Association to investigate the effect of gender on peer review outcomes.

What does it mean to you, being a female scientist? Twenty women share their thoughts.

Reflections on the recent consultation period for Plan S, a funder led proposal for achieving universal open access to research papers.

The Wellcome Trust installs an Early Career Researchers Advisory Board.

The technologies that will be regulated by the ethics committee are often new and are deemed risky either because of safety or moral concerns.

Present-day scientists often perceive philosophy as completely different from science. However, philosophy can have an important and productive impact on science.

Leading open-access advocate will take eLife forward in its mission to transform publishing in the life and biomedical sciences.

Summary of the results of the 2018 ORCID members survey.

ReimagineReview records trials that are probing the pros and cons of different approaches to review.

As departure day approaches, chief of top UK lab says he fears science will drop off the government's agenda.

Six male researchers describe their efforts to support their female colleagues.

The hunt for male and female distinctions inside the skull is a lesson in bad research practice.

How common are calculation errors in the scientific literature? And can they be caught by an algorithm?

This webinar is brought to you by the Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office

Although researchers do leave newer member states to pursue their career goals, especially in the early stages of their career, they almost always never want to return to their home countries.

Academic hiring and promotion committees and funding bodies often use publication lists as a shortcut to assessing the quality of applications. In order to avoid bias towards prestigious titles, plain language statements should become a standard feature of academic assessment.

Australian chief scientist Alan Finkel calls for formal action to bake in better research practices.

Ask for Evidence is a public campaign that holds powerful figures, companies, organisations and public bodies to account. It helps people challenge claims in news stories, adverts and policies and ask for the evidence behind them. It’s making sure a discussion on the evidence happens when it really matters. Becoming an ambassador is an opportunity to encourage others in your region to Ask for Evidence by giving talks, running activities and talking with community groups about issues that matter to them.  

There has been a fair amount of reactions to the changes being made to Wellcome's open access policy to ensure that no research is behind a paywall. This is how Wellcome are working to address them.

Computer programming once had much better gender balance than it does today. What went wrong?

Fewer than 1 percent of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans. Edray Goins, who earned one of them, found the upper reaches of the math world a challenging place.

Invited talk by Jon Tennant delivered at the NFAIS 2019 Annual Conference.

Advance knowledge in service of equitable and open scholarship is the mission of the Center for Research on Equitable and Open Scholarship. CREOS seeks evidence about the best ways disparate communities can participate in scholarship with minimal bias or barriers.