The R-factor, a New Way to Rate Journal Articles?
New metric measures how reliable scientific claims turn out to be – but calculating it could be an enormous task.
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The Center for Open Science, Alternative to Elsevier, Announces New Preprint Services
The Center for Open Science, Alternative to Elsevier, Announces New Preprint Services
Ultimately, a key question is emerging for higher education institutions: to what extent, and under what conditions, does it make sense to outsource core scholarly infrastructure?
A New Way for Doctors to Share Their Medical Mysteries
It might just reinvent the entire medical publishing process.
Germany Seeks ‘Big Flip’ in Publishing Model
Over the last 2 years more than 150 German libraries, universities, and research institutes have formed a united front trying to force academic publishers into a new way of doing business.
Let's Keep Saying It, and Say It Louder: REVIEWERS ARE UNPAID
For the record, I do peer reviews! For free!
The Walls Around Us - Why Cambridge University Press' Predicament Demands Attention
The Walls Around Us - Why Cambridge University Press' Predicament Demands Attention
The recent attempt by China to censor scholarship points to a growing set of challenges in information dissemination. Blaming the publisher obscures these issues.
A Bold Open-Access Push in Germany Could Change the Future of Academic Publishing
A Bold Open-Access Push in Germany Could Change the Future of Academic Publishing
Consortium hopes to make all German-authored papers free to read by paying annual fee.
ReFigure – Connecting Scientific Insights Across the Web
An open-source browser extension for linking, curating and sharing scientific insights across publishers.
In Reversal, Cambridge University Press Restores Articles After China Censorship Row
In Reversal, Cambridge University Press Restores Articles After China Censorship Row
The Cambridge University Press faced academic outrage after agreeing to remove articles about Tibet, Tiananmen Square and China's Cultural Revolution.
Cambridge University Press Faces Boycott Over China Censorship
Academics pressure publisher as Beijing mouthpiece says western institutions can leave if they don’t like ‘the Chinese way’
Cambridge University Press Accused of 'Selling Its Soul' over Chinese Censorship
Cambridge University Press Accused of 'Selling Its Soul' over Chinese Censorship
Academics and activists decry publisher’s decision to comply with a Chinese request to block more than 300 articles from leading China studies journal.
On Inequality and Academic Publishing
A quantitative analysis of contemporary publishing patterns in the humanities, as well as a conceptual account of the historical relationship of publishing practices to the modern research university.
We Need a Replacement for Beall’s List
Although the popular blacklist of predatory publishers is gone, the suspect journals they produce are not.
Scholarly Communications Shouldn't Just Be Open, but Non-Profit Too
The profit motive is fundamentally misaligned with core values of academic life, potentially corroding ideals like unfettered inquiry, knowledge-sharing, and cooperative progress.
Who is Actually Harmed by Predatory Publishers?
Established publishers have a strong motivation to hype claims of predation as damaging to the scholarly and scientific endeavour.
Could Publishing Embrace Slow?
A recent book took aim at accelerating administrative demands and the internalized expectation of measurable productivity that have eroded the quality of academic life and work. Is there a corollary for scholarly publishing?
Cash Bonuses for Peer-Reviewed Papers Go Global
China's rewards are richest, but many nations now offer incentives for publishing in top journals.
Increasingly Collaborative Researcher Behaviour Is the Real Threat to the Resilient Academic Publishing Sector
Increasingly Collaborative Researcher Behaviour Is the Real Threat to the Resilient Academic Publishing Sector
Greater collaboration leading to the growing informal use and exchange of free material between researchers.
Elsevier Is Becoming a Data Company. Should Universities Be Wary?
For years university researchers have complained that the publishing giant has driven up the costs of journals. Now, as data-sharing becomes more valuable, the company’s shifting focus is raising new concerns.
German Universities Take on Dutch Publishing Giant Elsevier
Consortium seeks country-wide licence for journals at reduced prices.
'No Deal' Between Germany and Elsevier: What Would It Mean?
German institutions and the publishing giant have still failed to agree a new deal. Could this become permanent?
Big Names in Statistics Want to Shake up Much-Maligned P Value
One of scientists’ favourite statistics — the P value — should face tougher standards, say leading researchers.
Changing Publishing Ecologies
A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing.
From Mandates to Platforms: Have Funders Lost Patience With Publishers?
Publishing platforms from The Wellcome Trust, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the European Commission alter Open Access.
Predatory Journals Hit by 'Star Wars' Sting
A number of so-called scientific journals have accepted a Star Wars-themed spoof paper.
Text Mining of 15 Million Full-Text Scientific Articles
An analysis of 15 million English scientific full-text articles published during the period 1823-2016.
Sci-Hub Provides Access to Nearly All Scholarly Literature
Sci-Hub's contains 68.9% of all 81.6 million scholarly articles, which rises to 85.2% for those published in closed access journals and 77.0% of the 5.2 million articles published by inactive journals.
The Battle for Free Knowledge
The issue regarding free access to academic journals and content is growing increasingly contentious, with founders of sites that enable this facing the might of the law. But should knowledge be exclusive?
Tracking the Evolution of Reference Resources
A new study from Oxford University Press further documents the decline of reference resources, a category of scholarly material more than ready for an innovative era in its evolution.
Researchers Can Now Publish Interactive Plotly Figures in F1000
F1000 is reducing the open access publishing charges for all articles containing an interactive Plotly figure by 50%.
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