Should we treat preprints the same way that we treat reviewed and published material? If so, how can we make that clear to readers?
Research institutions should have regular open conversations on authorship criteria and ethics and that funding agencies adopt ORCID and accept CRediT.
Discussion about open-access publishing and the future of scientific communication and peer-review at the Open Science Summit 2012.
Chief scientific adviser Sir Mark Walport posits a future in which papers are revised as research matures, supplanting 'outmoded' publishing practices.
The American Sociological Association is starting a conversation to include “public communication” -- work often largely ignored -- in the assessment of a scholar’s contributions. Why does it matter?
Open access science articles are read and cited more often than articles available only to subscribers, a study has suggested.
The most popular cryptocurrency wastes energy by design. Why is that, and could it ever be greener?
If 'money makes the world go round' then the world of scientific publishing has proved to be no exception to the rule.
Jerome Ravetz has been one of the UK’s foremost philosophers of science for more than 50 years. Here, he reflects on the troubles facing contemporary science. He argues that the roots of science’s crisis have been ignored for too long. Quality control has failed to keep pace with the growth of science.
When scientists in California and around the world finally solved the mystery of gravitational waves last year, only one question remained: Who should get credit for the discovery?
Are you having trouble staying on top of the ever-growing body of scientific knowledge? Science Careers asked a few scientists to discuss how they keep up with the literature.
Beyond ideological boundaries, the Open Science movement should address the question of whether and, if so, under which framework conditions “closeness” can be appropriate in global, political crises. Openness must not be abused to place sanctions in global, political crises by closing open offers.
Universities and research organisations have joined forces to develop a new interactive tool that explores how free movement has affected EU economies and societies.
Making research evidence accessible and relevant to policymakers is one way that the scientific enterprise confers direct societal benefits.
6 arguments are presented that articulate why cOAlition S organisations will not financially support the hybrid model of publishing.
We need more transparency in how scientific knowledge is created and communicated, especially in the context of a pandemic where science should guide important decisions affecting millions of people.
Researchers have come up with a new method for measuring the impact of an innovation.
After years in a deadlock with publishers, researchers are keen to know whether we will now see for-profit companies and ‘astroturfers’ enter the open science landscape and undermine science in pursuit of their commercial interests, while claiming to support the struggle of researchers, who demand more say in the publishing of scholarly articles.
Why do we forget so much of what we read? Anthropologist Barbara J. King suggests that the answer might point toward benefits of a slower pace of teaching in the college classroom.
The science publishing world is a complex one, but the pendulum is currently swinging away from the paywalled mega-journals of the last decade to a more open model.
Most researchers don't intend to cite retracted papers, but it can have serious consequences for science.
More than half a million researchers have now signed up for an online science passport: a unique 16-digit identity number, with an accompanying online profile, from the Open Researcher and Contributor ID ( ORCID) project. There, researchers can maintain an up-to-date record of their professional pursuits.
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