It took a polymath to pin down the true nature of ‘information’. His answer was both a revelation and a return.

A template for responding the invitations for editorial and reviewer tasks for journals that you wish to boycott.

After a post-election frenzy to save government data, open-access advocates are refocusing their energies toward a long-term strategy.

Whatever the future may hold, hyperloops, Mars or otherwise, it is the culture of research that will support our world-class researchers to deliver at their best.

Why the view that women are gentle, caring and empathetic, whereas men are strong, rational and dominant, is misguided.

Data labs, and the scant motivations for sharing data in basic science.

A few examples that demonstrate how universities design their open science guides.

In an excerpt from her book "Making Sense of Science," Cornelia Dean of The New York Times shares hard-won insights in teasing out substance from hype.

For outstanding advocacy, innovation or contribution to scholarly peer review.

The correspondence, dating from 1949 to 1954, was found by an academic in a storeroom at the University of Manchester.

Dissemin detects papers behind pay-walls and invites their authors to upload them in one click to an open repository.

I doubt that twitter has made my academic papers directly more impactful, but does that stop me tweeting about my group’s work? No way.

Our vision for the British Library is that research data are as integrated into our collections, research and services as text is today. The

Bibliometrics for the 20 highest performing authors in Multidisciplinary Science.

A new study confirms what many already know: Exxon for years sowed uncertainty and doubt about climate change in the public. Should scientists reject certain funding sources?

Virtual sharing and equipment loans are making access to vital research tools easier.

Here's how.

Companies get better results when they ease up on the control tactics. It’s more effective to engage managers in solving the problem, expose them to people from different groups, and encourage social accountability for change.

An open-source browser extension for linking, curating and sharing scientific insights across publishers.

A former Google engineer’s memo on diversity reveals psychological blind spots, not biological differences, says Debbie Chachra.

As foreign-born Ph.Ds and post-docs ponder their future in an uncertain political climate.

Open science is becoming more and more prevalent. Critics, however, think this approach makes it easier to steal somebody else’s ideas.

Mapping research funding in Switzerland

Internal agency report cites problems with implementing 2007 law aimed at curbing scientific misconduct.

Good management can make an enormous difference in the success and productivity of any team.

Not content with impersonating IRS agents, phone scammers now are pretending to work for the NIH, telling victims that they’ve won a grant but must pay a fee in order to get the money.

A recent book took aim at accelerating administrative demands and the internalized expectation of measurable productivity that have eroded the quality of academic life and work. Is there a corollary for scholarly publishing?

These are some issues that males simply do not have to face. The "anxiety gap" exists for a reason, and it is not about biology.

It’s very far from perfect, but major changes for the better are underway.

Scholarly work cited in patent literature and the value of the patents as perceived by the applicants of 200 leading global research institutions.