How is a scientific article accepted for publication in an academic journal? What is the role of peer reviewers? Where does the system go astray?
The recent long read about scientific publishing in the Guardian is fantastic. It depicts a very telling story of the research publishing landscape.
As a new president takes office, scientists in the country and beyond should urge the administration to make science a priority, says Dexter Tagwireyi.
Fed up with the relentless pressure to produce reams of jazzed-up findings, a group of junior researchers at the University of Cambridge are fighting back with a campaign called Bullied into Bad Science.
High price of journals 'placing strain on acceptance' of division of labour between researchers and publishers, says professor.
When comparing journals using citation-based metrics, the percentage of highly cited papers is more informative than the average number of citations.
Frontiers’ CEO, Kamila Markram, makes a case for why open science is the key to innovation, economic growth and solutions to a sustainable future.
It sounds almost absurd, but that could be one factor behind the so-called “reproducibility crisis”.
Perverse incentives and the misuse of quantitative metrics have undermined the integrity of scientific research.
Researchers across Europe think the design of Framework 9 is suffering from a lack of British expertise because of Brexit, according to Venki Ramakrishnan.
In 2017, scientists, regulators, and publishers clashed in a series of lawsuits, boycotts, mass resignations, and more.
A new study confirms what many already know: Exxon for years sowed uncertainty and doubt about climate change in the public. Should scientists reject certain funding sources?
Scientists fear a crackdown on embryo research if President Trump pays attention to scientific advances.
Science could benefit from more reporting of null findings, even if the reports were briefer and had less detail than would be needed for peer review.
I doubt that twitter has made my academic papers directly more impactful, but does that stop me tweeting about my group’s work? No way.
Why the view that women are gentle, caring and empathetic, whereas men are strong, rational and dominant, is misguided.
A collection of web-browser plug-ins is making the scholarly literature more discoverable.
Why has the UK government returned to an industrial strategy abandoned in the 1980s?
Organization and presentation of visual information in the scientific literature.
What you should look for in an academic friend.
The bibliometric system and the rules which accompany it have created an environment in which many if not most researchers can be identified as transgressors.
Journals are exploring new approaches to peer review in order to reduce bias, increase transparency and respond to author preferences. Funders are also getting involved.
