Even if your intention is the noble quest for truth, selling your science as a long-term technology investment might be an easier sale to some.

The scope of open science and the variety of actors involved make it not realistic, and even counterproductive, to expect there to be, now or in the future, one definition of open science that fits all.

Ask any young science faculty member what keeps them up at night, and you’re likely to get the same response every time: funding research.

The basic principle for any incentive scheme is this: can you measure everything that matters?

Many bibliometricians and university administrators remain wary of Google Scholar citation data, preferring “the gold standard” of Web of Science instead.

Why do we blame the media for reporting on bad studies but we don’t blame scientists for citing bad studies?

Financing massive-scale copyright infringement.

Very informative and In-depth annual open access roundup.

Discussing the Future of Academic Publishing.

Having examined the organisation of Europe’s academic labour markets, Alexandre Afonso outlines the main differences between countries across the continent. There is greatest variance in two …

A list of some of the shady things Elsevier has been previously caught doing

Key areas that you’ll need to work on to be an outstanding proposal writer.

The move to providing the underlying data behind research articles has been a major step towards promoting reproducibility, transparency and data re-use. However, analyses of the quality and annota…

Over a decade has passed since the Budapest Open Access Initiative and the Berlin Declaration on Open Access. A bystander could be forgiven for thinking that the level of discussion and the apparent differences in position across higher education institutions, publishing houses, laboratories, conference halls, funder headquarters, and government buildings must mean that progress has been limited.

As a researcher who gets such severe criticism, you have to go through the 5 stages of grief...

Recap of contest launched by the Winnower and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to answer the question – How do we ensure that research is reproducible?

Today sees the publication on bioRxiv of a revised version of our preprint outlining “A simple proposal for the publication of journal citation distributions".

I have just learned that Elsevier, after a lengthy review and negotiation process with the US Patent Office, have been awarded a US Patent on “Online Peer Review System and Method”. What is this about and why is it ridiculous to me.

Richard Morey on thinking about evidence, selling dog food, and how individual scientist can deal with the crisis in the social sciences.

The Bratislava Declaration of Young Researchers calls on member states and the European Commission to recognize the special role that young researchers play for science, development, innovation and economic growth in Europe.

A confidential internal email has come into my hands, from Bristol University, regarding the UK’s national negotiations with Elsevier. I think it’s of general interest.

Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2016 by Jeffrey Beall, January 5, 2016. Each year at this time I formally release my updated list of predatory publishers. Because the list is now very la…

A report suggests that internal discord may tear apart the National Association of Science Writers, a near century-old professional journalism organization.

Marketing is you telling others about yourself. Public relations is having someone else tell others about you.