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How Sure Are You of Your Result? Put a Number on It
How Sure Are You of Your Result? Put a Number on It
Any scientist publishing a claim should quantify their confidence in it with a probability, argues Steven N. Goodman.
Plan S: Impact on Society Publishers
Plan S implementation guidance has not provided reassurance to anxious society publishers.
Researchers Sign Petition Backing Plans to End Paywalls
More than 1,400 researchers sign an online letter arguing that Plan S will not impinge on academic freedom, as some critics claim.
How to Keep Up to Date with the Literature but Avoid Information Overload
Getting the most out of your Google Scholar profile, creating some old-fashioned table of contents alerts, and simply setting aside time to periodically review key journal titles will ensure you rarely miss out on important research.
Google Scholar Citation Profiles: the good, the bad, and the better
To Catch Misconduct, Journals Are Hiring Research Integrity Czars
Scientific journals' creation of dedicated positions for rooting out misconduct before publication comes amid growing awareness of such issues.
ELife, Coko, Hindawi Limited and Digirati Commit to Libero for Open-source Publishing
ELife, Coko, Hindawi Limited and Digirati Commit to Libero for Open-source Publishing
The development of a brand-new version of Libero will be governed under a model that puts the community at the heart of the project.
Taking Back Control: the New University and Academic Presses That Are Re-envisioning Scholarly Publishing
Taking Back Control: the New University and Academic Presses That Are Re-envisioning Scholarly Publishing
Ideas in support of an upward trend in universities and academics setting up their own presses in an environment increasingly dominated by large commercial publishing houses.
Elsevier: the Price of Success
In its most recent publication, Education International examines the publishing giant Elsevier, whose success on the market is based on ethically questionable practices which endanger the transmission of knowledge and its condition as a public good.
A Data Citation Roadmap for Scientific Publishers
A practical roadmap for scholarly publishers to implement data citation in accordance with the Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles (JDDCP).
Science Should Not Pay for Overpaid CEOs of Academic Publishers
Gerard Meijer closed the first open access (offsetting) deals with the major scientific publishers. As his fellow scientists now oppose the new 'Plan S' he looks on with surprise and disappointments.
EUA Asks European Commission to Investigate Lack of Competition
The EUA Council adopted a statement expressing its concern about the lack of transparency and competition in the scholarly publishing business sector in Europe.
New Journal for Controversial Academics
A new journal will allow academics to publish controversial articles under a pseudonym.
Researchers Report Elsevier to EU Anti-Competition Authority
Academic publisher Elsevier has repeatedly made the news for its battle with Sci-Hub, the "Pirate Bay" of science. However, while Elsevier is using copyrights to protect its business, academic-insiders accuse the publisher of "anti-competitive" actions.
Scientists Struggle with Confusing Journal Guidelines
Unclear and incomplete journal guidelines are placing an additional burden on many scientists who don't speak English as a first language.
The Growing, High-stakes Audit Culture Within the Academy Has Brought About a Different Kind of Publishing Crisis
The Growing, High-stakes Audit Culture Within the Academy Has Brought About a Different Kind of Publishing Crisis
The spate of high-profile cases of fraudulent publications has revealed a widening replication, or outright deception, crisis in the social sciences. To Marc Spooner, researchers “cooking up” findings and the deliberate faking of science is a result of extreme pressures to publish, brought about by an increasingly pervasive audit culture within the academy.
A Huge Database of Scientific Retractions is Live
The site shows more and more studies are being pulled from the scientific record.
Rethinking Retractions
The largest-ever database of retracted articles suggests the burgeoning numbers reflect better oversight, not a crisis in science.
Controversial Blacklist of 'poor Quality' Journals
The government hopes it will improve research quality, but some researchers are sceptical.
University Presses Take Control of Ebook Distribution
Two leading university presses are changing the way they sell their digital collections to libraries - cutting out the middlemen. Will others follow suit?
ELife Digests Get a New Home
The eLife website now has a dedicated section for plain-language summaries of the latest research.
Harvard and the Brigham Call for 31 Retractions of Cardiac Stem Cell Research
Harvard and the Brigham Call for 31 Retractions of Cardiac Stem Cell Research
The papers from the lab of Dr. Piero Anversa, who studied cardiac stem cells, 'included falsified and/or fabricated data,' according to a statement from the two institutions.
Fake News Comes to Academia
How three scholars gulled academic journals to publish hoax papers on ‘grievance studies.’
The Tyranny of the Top Five
A paper that examines the relationship between placement of publications in Top Five journals and receipt of tenure in academic economics departments.
No More First Authors, No More Last Authors
If we really want transdisciplinary research, we must ditch the ordered listing of authors that stalls collaborative science.
Inequality in Knowledge Production: The Integration of Academic Infrastructure by Big Publishers
Inequality in Knowledge Production: The Integration of Academic Infrastructure by Big Publishers
The implications of a simultaneous redirection of the big publishers' business strategy towards open access business models and the acquisition of scholarly infrastructure utilizing the conceptual framework of rent-seeking theory.
How Traditional Publishing Works
Essay on how traditional publishing works: its market mechanism and editorial strategy.
How AI Technology Can Tame the Scientific Literature
As artificially intelligent tools for literature and data exploration evolve, developers seek to automate how hypotheses are generated and validated.
Inside the Fight for Open-Access Research
Academic publishers have some of the highest profit margins in the world. In the digital age, researchers are starting to wonder whether publishers actually deserve this much money.
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