Dutch Universities Give Open Access Another Boost
The Dutch universities will give open access an extra boost from 2019 by starting a pilot to make publications available after six months in collaboration with researchers.
High-profile Subscription Journals Critique Plan S
Publishers say that the bold open-access initiative rules out proven ways of opening up the literature.
Meta-Research: How Significant Are the Public Dimensions of Faculty Work in Review, Promotion and Tenure Documents?
Meta-Research: How Significant Are the Public Dimensions of Faculty Work in Review, Promotion and Tenure Documents?
An analysis of review, promotion and tenure documents from 129 US and Canadian universities suggests institutions could better fulfill their public missions by changing how they incentivize the public dimensions of faculty work.
Why Were Scientists Silent over Gene-edited Babies?
To be successful as researchers, we must be able to think through the impacts of our work on society and speak up when necessary.
Will Scientific Error Checkers Become As Ubiquitous As Spell-Checkers?
How common are calculation errors in the scientific literature? And can they be caught by an algorithm?
Gender Disparities in Colloquium Speakers at Top Universities
Women are underrepresented relative to men as colloquium speakers, yet women neither decline talk invitations at greater rates nor question the importance of talks more than men do.
It's Time to Start Some Serious Research into the Ethics of AI
The ethical issues swirling around artificial intelligence (AI) are under-researched, with surprisingly little serious academic investigation into AI ethics, despite the huge amount of money pouring into the field and the rampant pace at which the technology is advancing.
"Addicted to the Brand" - an Academic's Confession in the Time of Plan S
The hypocrisy of a publishing academic
This Celebrity Cat Has Broken the Internet. Now, We Have Its Genome
Scientists now know more about what makes Lil Bub such a unique feline.
Neurosexism: the Myth That Men and Women Have Different Brains
The hunt for male and female distinctions inside the skull is a lesson in bad research practice.
Guidelines for Open Peer Review Implementation
Open peer review (OPR) is moving into the mainstream, but it is often poorly understood and surveys of researcher attitudes show important barriers to implementation. There is a clear need for best practice guidelines for implementation.
Open Access Escape Room: The Key to OA Engagement?
The Open Access Escape Room resulted in great engagement from students, academic staff and professional services staff, some of whom reported that they never knew how relevant OA was for them. It increased engagement and provided a positive environment for conversations around OA.
How Some Men Are Challenging Gender Inequity in the Lab
Six male researchers describe their efforts to support their female colleagues.
UC Terminates Subscriptions with World's Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access to Publicly Funded Research
UC Terminates Subscriptions with World's Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access to Publicly Funded Research
As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier. Despite months of contract negotiations, Elsevier was unwilling to meet UC's key goal: securing universal open access to UC research while containing the rapidly escalating costs associated with for-profit journals.
Swiss University System Climbs to Third in Global Study
Thanks largely to the strong performance of ETH Zurich, the Swiss university system has entered the top three globally in the latest QS rankings.
Springer Nature Syndicates Content to ResearchGate
A pilot project representing the first significant experiment with the syndication of publisher content to a content supercontinent.
The Plan S Footprint: Implications for the scholarly publishing landscape
The Plan S Footprint: Implications for the scholarly publishing landscape
Implications for the scholarly publishing landscape
Paul Nurse on Brexit: 'UK is Sleepwalking into a Disaster'
As departure day approaches, chief of top UK lab says he fears science will drop off the government's agenda.
Why UC Split with Publishing Giant Elsevier
University Librarian and Professor Jeffrey MacKie-Mason talks about why UC split with the academic publisher.
Special Task Force to Lead New European Innovation Council
In creating a new innovation council, the European Commission is experimenting not just in policy but also in management.
The Costs of Academic Publishing Are Absurd. The University of California is Fighting Back.
The Costs of Academic Publishing Are Absurd. The University of California is Fighting Back.
The UC system, the largest public academic system in the US, just dropped its $10 million-a-year subscription to the world's largest publisher of academic journals.
Embracing Failure As an Intrinsic Part of Science
When we reject failure, we create a culture of punishment, artificial rewards, and scientific bias. There are people running analyses and experiments right now which others will have undoubtedly done before, but just not communicated their results.
OpenCitations - CROCI
CROCI, the Crowdsourced Open Citations Index, is a new OpenCitations Index containing citations deposited by individuals, identified by ORCiD identifiers, who have a legal right to publish them under a CC0 public domain waiver.
How Publishers Keep Fooling Academics
Time and time again, academic publishers have managed to create the impression that publishing incurs a lot of costs which justify the outrageous prices they charge, even though it is well established that the cost of making an article public with all the bells and whistles that come with an academic article is between US$/€200-500.
University of California Boycotts Publishing Giant Elsevier over Journal Costs and Open Access
University of California Boycotts Publishing Giant Elsevier over Journal Costs and Open Access
The move could aid a global movement for immediate free access to scientific articles.
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.
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