cOAlition S has developed a Rights Retention Strategy to give researchers supported by a cOAlition S Organisation the freedom to publish in their journal of choice, including subscription journals, whilst remaining fully compliant with Plan S.
By releasing astronomers’ data before they’ve had a chance to analyze the information, NASA will make research less fair and equitable
Growth in scientific publishing as a barrier to science communication.
The winners in Trump's America were likely to be the defence industry, oil and energy, private prisons, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Not health. What should be the response of the public health community?
Frontiers’ CEO, Kamila Markram, makes a case for why open science is the key to innovation, economic growth and solutions to a sustainable future.
When you criticize science in public, you are taking a complicated argument to people who don’t care very much about the work of someone who wishes you’d shut up. This can be difficult to navigate. Although it’s often ‘a complete pain in the taint’ more than just ‘difficult’.
Two researchers critique the methodology the Commission uses to compile its annual innovation rankings and urge a different approach.
To deepen understanding of researchers’ priorities with regards to sharing research data, PLOS has launched a new study.
Studies and surveys confirm that during the COVID-19 pandemic, women's workload at home has increased. Does that mean women researchers are also submitting fewer proposals to the SNSF? Analyses show that, with one exception, their share has remained stable.
More than resource allocations, evaluations of funding applications have become central instances for status bestowal in academia. Much attention in past literature has been devoted to grasping the status consequences of prominent funding evaluations.
Controversial model points to benefits of more opinionated reviews.
We formulate ten simple rules for considering using preprints as a scientific communication mechanism.
More funders and publishers must support such work and emphasize its value to the research community.
The internet has radically changed most forms of communication, government and business – why not science and research funding too?
Researchers have created a new system to test influential papers for reproducibility.
Academic publishing is becoming more about establishing a pecking order and less about pursuing knowledge.
Scientists use big data to understand what separates winners from losers
Carbon-neutral aviation is possible, but in future, aircraft are likely to continue to be powered by fossil fuels. The CO2 they emit must be systematically stored underground. This is the most economical of various approaches that ETH researchers have compared in detail.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to require that the researchers it funds publish only in immediate open-access journals.
Biochemist and former director of NIH’s basic research institute has long been involved in science policy
Tackling unconscious bias is a major challenge for journals and the rest of the scientific community.
For 50 years, researchers have thought that moths evolved ears to detect the ultrasonic calls of attacking bats - but a new study shows that ears came first.
COKI Project Co-lead Professor Cameron Neylon outlines why he is supporting a campaign calling for all abstracts to be made open access.
Rejection hurts more when you don't have a long-term contract to fall back on, says Helen Lees.
Reproducibility issues pose serious challenges for scientific communities. But what happens when those issues get picked up by political activists? A report from the National Association of Scholars takes on the reproducibility crisis in science. Not everyone views the group’s motives as pure.
Experts are good at betting which scientific experiments can replicate despite some studies not being repeatable.
Richard Lynn A former emeritus professor who has been called "one of the most unapologetic and raw 'scientific' racists operating today" has had one of his papers subjected to an expression of concern.
Emerging data suggest that Delta could spread more readily than other coronavirus variants among people vaccinated against COVID-19. But key questions remain.
