Bastian Greshake has analysed the full Sci-Hub corpus and found that articles are being downloaded from all over the world, more recently published papers are among the most requested, and there is a marked overrepresentation of requested articles from journals publishing on chemistry.
It is surely misguided for funding agencies — for instance, the Swiss National Science Foundation — to prohibit the use of commercial data platforms by grant-holders.
Recently, a new tool has come out that allows users to ‘jump the paywall’ and access research articles for free. It’s called Unpaywall, and it works by using information contained within papers.
This article is a first-hand account of Jeffrey Beall’s work identifying and listing predatory publishers from 2012 to 2017.
Orpington MP keeps role in Theresa May's post-election reshuffle
There are many obstacles to bringing the power of 21st-century technology to the NHS. But that shouldn't stop us trying.
Online platform aims to make peer review faster, unbiased and less of a burden on researchers
Jeffrey Beall is back after a five-month silence, with criticism for universities as well as fake publishers.
Study underway tests whether black and women applicants for NIH grants face discrimination.
The OA Journal Starter Kit has all the information you'll need to get a new open access journal up and running.
A significant weight is linked to ‘impact points’ – a similar metric to the widely discredited journal impact factor.
Jeffrey Beall says he faced 'intense pressure' from the University of Colorado Denver and feared losing his job
Asking the scientific system to fix itself from the bottom up could place an unacceptable burden on junior scientists.
Introducing Wide-Open, a system that identifies large number of overdue datasets.
Louis Pasteur was a scientific giant of the nineteenth century, but, as Joseph Gal asks, was his most famouscontribution to the understanding of chemistry — chirality — influenced more by his artistic talents?
Openness requires trust in close peers, but not necessarily in research community or society at large.
Social media is not only a way for authors and publishers to disseminate research findings, it’s also increasingly being used by researchers to discover and read scientific content.
Papr allows you to rate abstracts and find Twitter users who share your interests.
A move into industry after a PhD may not bring immediate financial rewards, but it pays to know your strengths.
His experiences on a panel reviewing Canadian grant allocation has convinced Jonathan Grant that the evidence base for current practice needs serious reinforcement.
Flood of online manuscripts generates confusion about terms for distribution and reuse.
Dutch agenda presenting 140 overarching scientific questions as a result of a unique bottom-up initiative, driven by the general public and a vast number of organisations in the Netherlands.
Open Science Fair 2017 is having its first opening international conference in Athens, Greece, 6-8 September 2017.
The European Commission is looking to create its own open-access publishing platform for papers that emerge from its €80bn Horizon 2020 programme.
How can we make the most of open practices in research, education and skills?
Carlos Moedas suggested a "decision" to create the platform had already been made.
