Plan S: The Ambitious Initiative to End the Reign of Paywalls
The funder-driven push for freely accessible scholarly literature has divided the scientific community.
Risk of Being Scooped Drives Scientists to Shoddy Methods
Models suggest that the race for quick results and the importance of being the first to publish is leading to lower scientific standards.
STEM Degrees Rise, but Disparities Remain
Though women earn significantly more bachelor’s degrees than men, they are substantially less likely to obtain a degree in science, technology, engineering or math.
Understanding the Costs of Scholarly Publishing
Why we need a public data infrastructure of publishing costs.
Celebrating 25 Years of Preserving the Web
Since 1996, the Internet Archive has been capturing the World Wide Web but also doing so much more to preserve our digital world behind the scenes.
Open Science Podcasts: 7 +3 Tips for Your Ears
Podcasts were among the media winners of last year. Scientific podcasts in particular enjoyed great popularity. In fact, there are also some that deal specifically with Open Science. This article has 7 + 3 tips.
India's Misfire on Predatory Publishing Hits Open Access
In trying to thwart predators, the government is penalizing researchers who publish in genuine open-access journals.
Embracing Failure As an Intrinsic Part of Science
When we reject failure, we create a culture of punishment, artificial rewards, and scientific bias. There are people running analyses and experiments right now which others will have undoubtedly done before, but just not communicated their results.
Welcome to The Great Acceleration
The author argues that the two biggest forces driving change in the scholarly communication landscape are consolidation and regulation. By consolidation, he means that there’s a now constant cycle of mergers and acquisitions, reducing the number of independent players in the market. By regulation, we’re talking about the increasing number of rules and the compliance burden being put on researchers.
Huge US University Cancels Subscription with Elsevier
University of California and Dutch publisher fail to strike deal that would allow researchers to publish under open-access terms.
We Need to Talk About Post-Pandemic Lectures
Off-campus learning was essential during the pandemic. But when it ends, we should encourage students to return to campus for in-person lectures, says Michael Doran.
Journal Shares Peer Reviews of Rejected Papers with Rival Titles
BMC Biology's 'portable peer review' policy aims to save editors and researchers time and effort, but academics question whether authors will want to share details of past rejections.
Is Media Driving Americans Apart?
Social media gets all the attention for polarization, but TV is doing more than its share.
AI-enhanced Peer Review: Frontiers Launches Next Generation of Efficient, High-quality Peer Review
AI-enhanced Peer Review: Frontiers Launches Next Generation of Efficient, High-quality Peer Review
The integration of AIRA - Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant - into Frontiers' digital peer-review platform enables faster, more efficient quality control and manuscript handling.
Universities without walls – A vision for 2030
This seminal document is the result of extensive consultations and deliberations with EUA members and partners over a six-month period in 2020. It sets out a vision of resilient and effective universities, serving Europe's societies towards a better future.
Not Throwing Away Our Shot
Over the past few weeks, prominent scientific publications have condemned President Donald Trump's record on science. This is unprecedented.
European Open Science Cloud
The Commission made the Declaration of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) available to all scientific stakeholders, for their endorsement and commitments to the realisation by 2020.
Predatory Publishers' Latest Scam: Bootlegged and Rebranded Papers
To thwart publishing rackets that undermine scholars and scholarly publishing, legitimate journals should show their workings.
It's Time to Expand the Definition of 'Women's Health'
Research in this area deserves more attention - and not only for conditions related to reproduction.
Scientists Despair As US Government Shutdown Drags on
Space missions can continue to collect data, but thousands of federal researchers are forced to stay home without pay.
Nature Journals Announce First Open-Access Agreement
The arrangement will allow some researchers in Germany to publish openly - but critics say it comes with a high price.
Swiss University Dissolves Astronomy Institute after Misconduct Allegations
Swiss University Dissolves Astronomy Institute after Misconduct Allegations
ETH Zurich in Switzerland launched an investigation into allegations that a leading professor mistreated graduate students for more than a decade.
Potentially Long-Lasting Effects of the Pandemic on Scientists
The pandemic has caused disruption to many aspects of scientific research. In this Comment the authors describe the findings from surveys of scientists between April 2020 and January 2021, which suggests there was a decline in new projects started in that time.