Have We Been Hacked By Sci-Hub?
Recent announcements from the creator of Sci-Hub raise the distinct possibility that Scholarly Publishers have been systematically compromised.
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Sustainable Computational Science: The ReScience Initiative
Sustainable Computational Science: The ReScience Initiative
ReScience is a peer-reviewed journal that targets computational research and encourages the explicit replication of already published research.
Authorea and BioRxiv Partner to Bring Preprints into 21st Century
Authorea, the collaborative document editor for researchers, announced a partnership and direct submission agreement with bioRxiv, the leading preprint server for biological research.
Beyond Scoops to Best Practices
Authors submitting a manuscript to eLife are encouraged to upload it to a recognized preprint server at the same time in order to make their results available as quickly and as widely as possible.
The Truth about Cash-for-Publication Policy
Chinese scientists can be paid up to $165K for publishing a single paper in a top Western journal. The first study of payments to Chinese scientists for publishing in high-impact journals has serious implications for the future of research.
Science Has a Negativity Problem
Exciting new discoveries get all the attention — leaving just-as-important negative results in the dust. And fixing the problem is easier said than done.
Fake News: Sherlock Among the Tulips
The market is dominated by just a few publishers who exercise their power ruthlessly.
What Does the Future Hold for Academic Books?
Between August 2014 and September 2016, the Academic Book of the Future Project, initiated by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Library, explored the current and future status of the traditional academic monograph.
Websites Offering Pirated Papers Are Shaking up Science
Musicians and moviemakers are not the only ones to suffer from internet piracy.
Some Facts on Sci-Hub That Wikipedia Gets Wrong
Sci-Hub is not a search engine and it stores papers in its own repository.
Science Should be Open to all Not Behind Paywalls
Interview with Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of the site Sci-Hub.
Bad Publishing and Bullied into Bad Science
The recent long read about scientific publishing in the Guardian is fantastic. It depicts a very telling story of the research publishing landscape.
Elsevier Victory over Sci-Hub ‘Shows Research Is Corporate Asset’
Stanford professor says $15 million lawsuit victory will not engender sympathy for publishing giant
Is the Staggeringly Profitable Business of Scientific Publishing Bad for Science?
Is the Staggeringly Profitable Business of Scientific Publishing Bad for Science?
It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell.
Journal Science Releases Guidelines for Publishing Scientific Studies
The journal published guidelines on Thursday aimed at reducing scientific misconduct and at making studies easier to check and replicate.
Elsevier Wins $15 Million in Copyright Suit Against Piracy Sites
No Defendant has appeared or answered the Complaint.
US Court Grants Elsevier Millions in Damages from Sci-Hub
Some doubt that the publishing giant will see any money from the pirate site.
A Dive Into the World of Academic Publishing
A history of the relationship between commercial interests, academic prestige and the circulation of research.
Pay-to-view blacklist of predatory journals set to launch
Private firm says its watchlist of untrustworthy journals will be objective and transparent — but not free.
Avoiding Predators in Publishing
As the number of publishers that choose profit over ethics grows, find out how to avoid their scams and support organizations promoting best practices in scholarly communication.
Platform Diving - Top Journals, UX, and the Lure of Harmonization
A review of top journals in 18 fields show they are on a variety of platforms, suggesting cognitive burden for users which may be driving them to aggregated options with unified user experiences.
Why I Don't Send Papers to Journals
Journal publishing can no longer keep up with the pace of scientific research.
Genuine Semantic Publishing
Paper providing a vision transcending the current publishing paradigm.
EU Moves into Publishing
The European Commission is looking to create its own open-access publishing platform for papers that emerge from its €80bn Horizon 2020 programme.
Journals Blacklist Creator Blames University for Website Closure
Jeffrey Beall says he faced 'intense pressure' from the University of Colorado Denver and feared losing his job
The Open Access Journal Starter Kit
The OA Journal Starter Kit has all the information you'll need to get a new open access journal up and running.
Critic of 'Predatory' Publishing Returns with Scathing Message
Jeffrey Beall is back after a five-month silence, with criticism for universities as well as fake publishers.
A Closer Look at the Sci-Hub Corpus
Bastian Greshake has analysed the full Sci-Hub corpus and found that articles are being downloaded from all over the world, more recently published papers are among the most requested, and there is a marked overrepresentation of requested articles from journals publishing on chemistry.
Impressions From the First Published Results-Free Article
What results-free review might mean for authors, reviewers, editors and readers.
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