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The Many Fallacies Used to Defend Subscription Publishing
For all the wonderful things academic societies do, they tend to be incredibly conservative and have done very little to suggest that they can lead on publishing innovation.
Wellcome Open Research: First Year in Numbers
Michael Markie, Publisher at F1000, and Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, Wellcome, highlight Wellcome Open Research’s achievements in its first year of publishing.
It’s Time for a Revolution in Data Access
Trevor Mundel, President of Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is eager to see Gates Open Research match the performance of Wellcome Open Research.
The Reluctant Scientist: When Meeting Presenters Get Cold Feet
Does press coverage ever lead to papers’ rejection?
The Future of Open Access Should Not Be Left to the Legacy Publishers
The Future of Open Access Should Not Be Left to the Legacy Publishers
The interests of the legacy publishers cannot co-exist with the ideals of the Open Access movement.
Sci-Hub Won't Be Blocked by US ISPs Anytime Soon
Google and Comcast won't be asked to take action anytime soon.
Reviewer Bias in Single- Versus Double-Blind Peer Review
Single-blind reviewing confers a significant advantage to papers with famous authors and authors from high-prestige institutions.
Innovative Research and Creative Output: From Ideas to Impact
How do evolving forms of digital scholarship fit into the current landscape and what are the implications for publishers?
'Null' Research Findings Aren't Empty of Meaning. Let's Publish Them
Science could benefit from more reporting of null findings, even if the reports were briefer and had less detail than would be needed for peer review.
Newly Released AI Software Writes Papers for You
This week, we received a press release that caught our attention: A company is releasing software it claims will write manuscripts using researchers’ data.
eLife Welcomes the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
Leading Swedish research funder joins nonprofit coalition committing about £2.72 mio. to eLife for a 4-year period beginning in 2018.
World's First 'Negative Findings' Science Prize Aims to Tackle Publication Bias
World's First 'Negative Findings' Science Prize Aims to Tackle Publication Bias
ECNP’s Preclinical Data Forum has announced the world’s first prize of 10,000 EUR for publishing ‘negative’ scientific results.
"Who owns Digital Science" – That is the Question…
Digital Science continued independence is the best way to have the biggest impact in supporting research, researchers, publishers, funders and research institutions around the world.
The OA Effect
How does open access affect the usage of scholarly books? A white paper by Springer Nature.
A Journal Is a Club: A New Economic Model for Scholarly Publishing
While part of the original motivation of the first research publication in serial form — the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1665 — was to make money, the early history of scholarly publishing is largely one of community subsidy to cover losses or breaking even.
US Court Grants ISPs and Search Engine Blockade of Sci-Hub
The American Chemical Society was granted an unprecedented injunction which requires search engines and ISPs to block Sci-Hub.
A Prestigious Research Publisher Gives in to China's Censorship
The Financial Times disclosed that Springer Nature has blocked access in China to at least 1,000 articles from the websites of two of its journals in response to Beijing’s censorship demands.
Prestigious Science Journals Struggle to Reach Even Average Reliability
Data from several lines of evidence suggest that the methodological quality of scientific experiments does not increase with increasing rank of the journal.
The Running Costs of eLife 2.0
Paul Shannon, Head of Technology, looks at the costs of running eLife’s own continuous publication platform four months after the launch of eLife 2.0.
Academics Step Down from Posts on Elsevier Journals
High price of journals 'placing strain on acceptance' of division of labour between researchers and publishers, says professor.
Academics and Copyright Ownership: Ignorant, Confused or Misled?
Elizabeth Gadd takes a look at the contradictions between scholarly culture and copyright culture, and the cognitive dissonance created.
Financial Ties of Medical Journal Editors Should Be Disclosed
Approximately half of the editors of 52 prestigious U.S. medical journals received payments from the pharmaceutical and medical device industry in 2014.
It’s Time to Do Something About Predatory Publishers
Sure, it’s happened to all of us — the invitation to be keynote speaker at a conference you’ve never heard of or an invitation to sit on an editorial board for a journal with a name you don’t recognize.
Expertise in Sciences and the Decision of What Is Publishable: A Noble yet Endangered Task
Expertise in Sciences and the Decision of What Is Publishable: A Noble yet Endangered Task
How is a scientific article accepted for publication in an academic journal? What is the role of peer reviewers? Where does the system go astray?
Ireland's Health Research Board Launches Their Own Publication Platform: HRB Open Research
Ireland's Health Research Board Launches Their Own Publication Platform: HRB Open Research
Ireland's Health Research Board is the first public funder to launch their own publication platform.
Imagining The "Open" University: Sharing Scholarship to Improve Research and Education
Imagining The "Open" University: Sharing Scholarship to Improve Research and Education
This Perspective article argues that universities should take action to support open scholarship that benefits society and to return to their core missions of knowledge dissemination, community engagement, and public good.
Who Owns Digital Science?
In analyzing the marketplace of scholarly publishers and scientific workflow providers, a key strategic question is: Who owns Digital Science?
Reproducibility: Automated
Repurposing continuous integration tools for scientific analyses takes the headache out of reproducible research.
Is The Academic Publishing Industry Ripe For Disruption?
Taxpayers sometimes have to pay three times for any scientific article.
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