Towards Sustainable Funding for Open Access
In the quest to make scientific publications free to read and free to publish, the million-dollar question is: how can it be sustainable?
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Thesis Commons: an Open-source Platform for Theses and Dissertations
The Center for Open Science launches Thesis Commons, a free, cloud-based, open-source platform for the submission, dissemination, and discovery of graduate and undergraduate theses and dissertations from any discipline.
We Need a Replacement for Beall’s List
Although the popular blacklist of predatory publishers is gone, the suspect journals they produce are not.
China’s Embrace of Embryo Selection Raises Thorny Questions
Fertility centres are making a massive push to increase preimplantation genetic diagnosis in a bid to eradicate certain diseases.
5 Steps to Writing a Winning Post-Publication Review
5 Steps to Writing a Winning Post-Publication Review
We’re celebrating post-publication reviewers this Peer Review Week - find out why, and learn tips on how to write a winning review
How to Share Data for Collaboration
Guidelines for active and efficient data sharing between those generating data and those analyzing it.
New FDA Security Rules Will Bar Agency from Hiring Some Foreign Nationals
FDA says new security policy could bar hiring of about 50 foreign nationals per year
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.
We've Studied Gender and STEM for 25 Years. The Science Doesn't Support the Google Memo.
We've Studied Gender and STEM for 25 Years. The Science Doesn't Support the Google Memo.
These are some issues that males simply do not have to face. The "anxiety gap" exists for a reason, and it is not about biology.
Cash Bonuses for Peer-Reviewed Papers Go Global
China's rewards are richest, but many nations now offer incentives for publishing in top journals.
How Are Topics Born?
Understanding the research dynamics preceding the emergence of new areas.
Egyptian Researchers Rally Around Science Advocate
Ismail Serageldin, founding director of the Library of Alexandria, has appealed a 3.5-year prison term
"I'm a Woman in Computer Science. Let me Ladysplain the Google Memo to You."
Don't be taken in by the memo’s faux-reasonable tone.
The Human Cost of the Pressures of Postdoctoral Research
A paper on conformal algebra has recently caused a stir on social media. Not because of the science, but rather the heartfelt plea in the acknowledgements.
Danes Step Away from Patenting in Favour of ‘Open Science’
Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’.
Elsevier Launches Chemistry Preprint Server
Community-driven network will allow scientists to share ideas and post pre-peer review papers.
Nature Index 2017 Innovation: Lens Score
Scholarly work cited in patent literature and the value of the patents as perceived by the applicants of 200 leading global research institutions.
Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA
Researchers planted a working hacker "exploit" in a physical strand of DNA.
New Oxford Policy for RCUK Open Access Block Grant
Oxford researchers are advised that the University’s Research Committee has approved a revised policy for allocating funds from the RCUK Open Access block grant.
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.
Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA
Researchers planted a working hacker "exploit" in a physical strand of DNA.
Here's How Scientists Used DNA to Launch a Computer Attack
Malware can be encoded into a gene and used to take over a computer program.
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?
19 Women Leading Math and Physics
The pipeline of women pursuing mathematics and physics is still dreadfully leaky.
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.
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