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How can research produce more value in the absence of coordination? An opinion piece by Daniel Ropers, Chief Executive Officer of Springer Nature.
The Wellcome Trust has also announced how it will implement the plan, which could provide a blueprint for others.
An improved architecture and enthusiastic user base are driving uptake of the open-source web tool.
The government hopes it will improve research quality, but some researchers are sceptical.
Most scientists are satisfied in their jobs, but a significant number still face discrimination - an unacceptable situation.
Cancer Research UK will be able to revoke grants if researchers and institutions do not abide by its new behaviour policy.
The first large-scale analysis of compliance with open-access rules reveals that up to one-third of articles are not free to read.
Leading scientists and mathematicians urge UK and European Union leaders to strike a deal on research amid stalling negotiations.
Six early-career researchers offer advice on how to secure a permanent contract in academia, and then make the most of it.
Researchers warn that the country's science infrastructure is at risk of collapse if austerity measures continue.
National research council absolves one previously sanctioned lab leader of misconduct, and holds another researcher responsible.
Scientists receive too little peer-review training. Here's one method for effectively peer-reviewing papers, says Mathew Stiller-Reeve.
Drug companies make big contributions to analysis in the trials they fund but can fail to report their contributions.
To assess whether research is relevant to society, ask the stakeholders, say Catherine Durose, Liz Richardson and Beth Perry.
Knowledge generated in partnership with the public and policymakers is more likely to be useful to society and should be encouraged.
Robert-Jan Smits takes Plan S to the White House and says he is in the United States for ‘business not chit-chat’.
We suggest that moving from an authorship to a contributorship model would better reflect the many and varied contributions to large, complex, long-term and management-intensive projects in modern science.
The prize-awarding academies are making changes to their secretive nomination processes to tackle bias, but some say the measures don’t go far enough.
Seven researchers and campaigners tell Nature how Britain’s break-up with the EU is affecting research.
Nation’s funder is the first to join Plan S - which aims to make all scientific works free to read on publication - since the effort was announced.
