Reproducible Document Stack: Towards a Scalable Solution for Reproducible Articles
Reproducible Document Stack: Towards a Scalable Solution for Reproducible Articles
ELife announces their roadmap towards an open, scalable infrastructure for the publication of computationally reproducible articles.
PLOS Journals Now OPEN for Published Peer Review
Published peer review is now an available option for all PLOS journal submissions.
Views from a Continent in Flux
Nature asked nine leading Europeans to pick their top priority for science at this pivotal point. Love, money, and trust got the most votes.
Are Preprints Paving the Way to Science in Real Time?
It is undeniable that preprints are a growing force in the scholarly communication landscape - but what does their future look like?
'It's Cut-throat': Half of UK Academics Stressed and 40% Thinking of Leaving
Frequent rejection and a loss of control are making university staff isolated and ill, new research shows
The Future of Science in Europe
On the eve of the European Union's parliamentary elections, a special issue examines the prospects for science across the region.
An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth: Why Carbon Credits For Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing
An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth: Why Carbon Credits For Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing
The hunger for these offsets is blinding us to the mounting pile of evidence that they haven't - and won't - deliver the climate benefit they promise.
Anthropocene Now: Influential Panel Votes to Recognize Earth's New Epoch
Atomic Age would mark the start of the current geologic time unit, if proposal receives final approval.
75% of Researchers Make Their Data Accessible
Do Swiss researchers share their data with other researchers and with the public? And if not, why? Which data repositories and other channels do they use for data sharing? A large-scale survey by the SNSF and swissuniversities offers some answers.
The University Has Become an Anxiety Machine
There has recently been a significant amount of media concern surrounding the poor mental health of academics. This extended paper sets out the scale of the problem and examines the factors which academics have identified as key causes of stress.
Can Twitter, Facebook, and Other Social Media Drive Downloads, Citations?
Can Twitter, Facebook, and Other Social Media Drive Downloads, Citations?
A brief review of studies linking social media and article-level performance.
Science in Europe: by the Numbers
The region already hosts some of the world's leading scientific countries, and some of its smaller states are quickly catching up.
Are We Being Wilfully Blind About the Transformation That's Needed in Scholarly Publishing?
Are We Being Wilfully Blind About the Transformation That's Needed in Scholarly Publishing?
The recent fashion for “transformative” Read-and-Publish agreements - are they really what’s needed to deliver affordable open access? An opinion piece.
Maximising the Benefits of Early Sharing
Having early and rapid access to research findings accelerates the pace of science and is paramount for advancing discovery. Springer Nature considers itself ideally placed to help facilitate this and making great research available as quickly as possible to the research community.
Gene Therapy May Have Its First Blockbuster
Gene therapy achieves a milestone. Novartis will sell the world’s most expensive drug, a treatment called Zolgensma to treat spinal muscular atrophy.
Altruism or Self-Interest? Exploring the Motivations of Open Access Authors
Altruism or Self-Interest? Exploring the Motivations of Open Access Authors
Analysis of survey results and publication data from Scopus suggests that the following factors led authors to choose OA venues: ability to pay publishing charges, disciplinary colleagues’ positive attitudes toward OA, and personal feelings such as altruism and desire to reach a wide audience. Tenure status was not an apparent factor.
Brexit and UK Science
The Royal Society is working to achieve the best outcome for research and innovation through the Brexit negotiations and support continuing relationships and build new ones across Europe and beyond.
Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science
In a significant escalation, policymakers are seeking to undermine or discard research showing the most dire risks of inaction on climate change.
The Books of College Libraries Are Turning Into Wallpaper
University libraries around the world are seeing precipitous declines in the use of the books on their shelves.
Ensure Sustainable Researcher Careers!
MCAA and Eurodoc call on research institutions, funding bodies and governments to ensure sustainable researcher careers in a joint declaration.
Open Access: Remember Doctors in Developing Countries
Just as patients' access to journals is important,so is the access of doctors in developing countries.
Interdisciplinary Comparison of Scientific Impact of Publications Using the Citation Ratio
Interdisciplinary Comparison of Scientific Impact of Publications Using the Citation Ratio
Article concludes that the Citation Ratio is a useful and promising tool for comparing scientific impact of publications across disciplines and potentially for interdisciplinary works.
The Landscape of Open Data Policies
Open Access (OA) publishing has a long history, going back to the early 1990s, and was born with the explicit intention of improving…
A Messier Parliament, and an Uncertain Future for Horizon Europe
In the aftermath of the European elections, the calculators are starting to come out in labs and universities around Europe that depend on the EU for research funding: Will it mean more or less money for science and technology? The answer so far: fuzzy maths.