Do We Still Need Publishers in Academia?
Why do we need middlemen in academia in the era of electronic publishing?
Journal Editors Open Up About Open Science
In May 2017, we sat down with ECS journal editors Robert Savinell and Dennis Hess at the 231st ECS Meeting.
Impressions From the First Published Results-Free Article
What results-free review might mean for authors, reviewers, editors and readers.
The Crisis Facing Scientific Research
The challenges facing researchers in Japan and some of the structural weaknesses holding science back.
Use of Preprints in BBSRC-Funded Research
Preprints acceptable for citation in research grant and fellowship applications.
Can Editors Protect Peer Review from Bad Reviewers?
Peer review is the gold standard for scientific communication, but its ability to guarantee the quality of published research remains difficult to verify.
How Not to Choose Which Science Is Worth Funding
Or why we should choose what to fund at random.
The Non-Scientist’s Guide to Reading and Understanding a Scientific Paper
The right approach and a little extra effort will help improve your scientific literacy.
Scientist Screwed Up? Send' Em to Researcher Rehab
Plagiarism. Cheating. Lying. Should these scientists get a second chance?
A Closer Look at the Sci-Hub Corpus
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.
Empty Rhetoric over Data Sharing Slows Science
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.
Why Unpaywall Will Be a Game-Changer
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.
What I Learned from Predatory Publishers
This article is a first-hand account of Jeffrey Beall’s work identifying and listing predatory publishers from 2012 to 2017.
Jo Johnson Reappointed as Universities and Science Minister
Orpington MP keeps role in Theresa May's post-election reshuffle
Benefits that a Digital Healthcare System Could Bring Aren’t Out of Reach
There are many obstacles to bringing the power of 21st-century technology to the NHS. But that shouldn't stop us trying.
Chemistry Journal Introduces ‘Intelligent Crowd’ Peer Review
Online platform aims to make peer review faster, unbiased and less of a burden on researchers
Critic of 'Predatory' Publishing Returns with Scathing Message
Jeffrey Beall is back after a five-month silence, with criticism for universities as well as fake publishers.
Can Fake Names Tease out NIH Reviewer Bias?
Study underway tests whether black and women applicants for NIH grants face discrimination.
The Open Access Journal Starter Kit
The OA Journal Starter Kit has all the information you'll need to get a new open access journal up and running.
The ResearchGate Score: A Good Example of a Bad Metric
A significant weight is linked to ‘impact points’ – a similar metric to the widely discredited journal impact factor.
Journals Blacklist Creator Blames University for Website Closure
Jeffrey Beall says he faced 'intense pressure' from the University of Colorado Denver and feared losing his job
Senior Scientists as Allies for Equity
Asking the scientific system to fix itself from the bottom up could place an unacceptable burden on junior scientists.
Accelerating Public Data Release by Automating Detection of Overdue Datasets
Introducing Wide-Open, a system that identifies large number of overdue datasets.
How Pasteur’s Artistic Insight Changed Chemistry
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?
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