Predatory Journals: Exposing the Flaws in Academic Research
The constant demand for predatory journals has now exposed significant flaws in the academic research establishment that questions the integrity of the research system.
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Scientists Are Conspicuously Missing From Trump's Government
Trump has moved to fill just one of 46 top science posts requiring Senate confirmation.
Connecting Collaborative Authoring to Peer Review
Building a coherent collaboration environment that facilitates scholarly communication workflows of social scientists in the roles of authors, reviewers, editors and readers.
Promoting Your Articles to Increase Your Digital Identity and Research Impact
Ten suggestions to help increase your reach and impact according to ScienceOpen.
All Biology Is Computational Biology
Computational thinking and techniques are so central to the quest of understanding life that today all biology is computational biology.
White Paper Calls for 21st Century Solution to Serials Crisis
Democratization of journal publishing: the key to lowering journal costs and facilitating Open Access.
From Ideas to Action: Discussion on How to Write a Grant Proposal
From ideas to action: discussion on how to write a grant proposal
Google's DeepMind Is in Talks with National Grid to Apply AI to Energy
The Google-owned star British AI company DeepMind is in talks with the National Grid about a potential partnership.
Access, Ethics and Piracy
The efficacy and ethics of piracy, placing ‘guerrilla open access’ within a longer history of piracy and access to knowledge.
Duration and Quality of the Peer Review Process: The Author's Perspective
Duration and Quality of the Peer Review Process: The Author's Perspective
An analysis of data from 3500 review experiences submitted by authors to the SciRev.sc website.
Tim Berners-Lee: I Invented the Web. Here Are 3 Things We Need to Change to Save It
It has taken all of us to build the web we have, and now it is up to all of us to build the web we want – for everyone
Springer Nature SciGraph: Supporting Open Science and the Wider Understanding of Research
Springer Nature SciGraph: Supporting Open Science and the Wider Understanding of Research
Pioneering semantic platform with Linked Open Data to serve the needs of the research community.
Funders Need to Take More Responsibility for the Efficiency of the Research They Fund
Funders Need to Take More Responsibility for the Efficiency of the Research They Fund
A new study has found that funding agencies are not as open as they could be about what they are doing to prevent this waste and that governments responsible for the public money they distribute are not holding them to account.
Inefficient Scientific Peer Review Process Takes 4 Months on Average
Inefficient Scientific Peer Review Process Takes 4 Months on Average
Academics often complain about how long it takes for a paper to undergo peer reveiw. A publication reveals several striking observations based on these experiences.
China Faces Science Reform Challenges, Including Favoritism
In this Policy Forum, Cong Cao and Richard P. Suttmeier highlight the immense work and challenges China will encounter as it attempts to reform its scientific and technological development strategy.
At 10, Europe’s ‘Excellence’ Fund Faces Calls for Change
The European Research Council has earned a reputation for quality—and for being risk averse
More Female Researchers Globally, But Challenges Remain
Despite progress, female researchers remain a minority and publish fewer papers.
Dutch Elections Signal next Test for Rise in Populism
Science is already losing out in the Netherlands.
Brazil Now A Global Leader In Gender Equality In Science
Brazilian women are leading the world when it comes to a key measurement on science, surpassing the ranking of the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Springer Nature Becomes Largest Publisher to Open up All Reference Lists
Working closely with Crossref, Springer Nature will make the metadata for reference lists available across all academic books and owned journals.
Citation Cartel Or Editor Gone Rogue?
How much can a single editor distort the citation record? Investigation documents rogue editor's coercion of authors to cite his journal, papers.
The Secret to Making Family Life Compatible with an Academic Career
Starting a family has less influence than before on the pursuit of an academic career for researchers.
A Global Coalition to Sustain Core Data
Although researchers have relied on international resources such as the Protein Data Bank and Flybase for decades, the current system is unsustainable because it is largely funded by short-term grants.
Gender in the Global Research Landscape Report
Gender Report — Analysis of research performance through a gender lens across 20 years, 12 geographies, and 27 subject areas.
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