Satirical academic social media accounts go serious to protest Donald Trump.

A statement from a consortium of funders

Democratic players or clandestine lobbyists?

A battle for the future, basic decency, and the people we love.

If we were to have to invent the scholarly publishing system again from scratch today, what would it look like?

This episode we spoke to Max Hodak Founder and CEO of Transcriptic, a Menlo Park based biotech company offering a robotic solution to research in the life sciences.

Authors want to know about citations, downloads, and impact metrics. This post reviews common metrics and explores the limitations inherent in each.

The Scholix initiative is a high level interoperability framework for exchanging information about the links between scholarly literature and data.

Bubbling beakers, blazing Bunsen burners, boiling broths and a book.

Very informative and In-depth annual open access roundup.

Every single day new advancements are being made in the world of education, but when you look at the media and the people who are making these advancements, you rarely will see a black woman being honored.

And why should you care? There's a global trend of companies integrating hackathons into their overall innovation strategy.

The legends of mathematics that almost never were.

Proposals for the next Research Excellence Framework have so far produced a lively discussion.

Nordic nations dominate the top 15, while South Korea reigns supreme and Russia is dealt a huge blow.

Glasstree allows academics and their supporting institutions to actually profit from sales of their work.

A pledge not to take part in scientific conferences in the United States that cannot be attended by all, regardless of their nationality or religion.

An author and reviewer in conversation – the road to FAIRness in scientific publishing

How to divest from a longstanding print legacy and truly embrace new digital technologies for the dissemination of research output.

An open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data.

A list of scientists offering temporary bench or desk space, library access and possibly even accommodation for US-based scientists who are stranded abroad due to the White House Executive Order 13769

Academics Denounce Trump's Executive Order on Immigration.

Letter from the Dutch State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science informing the House of Representatives of the progress made in the field of open science.

When a new grad student indicates an interest in an academic career, I ask, “So you want to be a Hollywood producer?”

What to expect when you are invited to talk about your work.

For those interested in knowing what is in the world around them, the current news is disgusting. All US Environmental Protection Agency grants have been frozen, and employees are being prohibited from discussing the changes or talking to the public.

How do you know where to publish your research? Can you be sure the publisher you submit to is reputable? Read our guidance on what to look for.

Academic life is particularly full of rank ordered lists, even if they are frequently not transparently available.

Discussing the Future of Academic Publishing.