Altmetrics have been an important topic in the context of open science for some time.

On 11 February, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the SNSF's social media channels will be reserved for stories about women researchers. The aim is to enhance the visibility of their research projects.

The purpose of the day is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.

White House proposes big cuts to NIH, DOE, NASA and other programs

This work aims to solve accessibility problems related to the protection of personal data in the digital era and to achieve a responsible access to and responsible use of health data. We strongly suggest associating each data set with FAIR metadata describing both the type of data collected and the accessibility conditions by considering data protection obligations and ethical and regulatory requirements.

The Trump administration fired a diplomatic shot across the European Commission's bow, with a public warning that it may reject an offer for the US to join the EU's next big research programme.

Ashmita Das describes the ethos of her freelance-research platform, Kolabtree.

For years, China's Thousand Talents recruitment plan attracted U.S. scientists with its grants. Investigators now say China used the program to steal sensitive technology.

Curtin University researchers will help create a new international data trust to improve the measurement and analysis of open-access (OA) books.

The government is being told to act over a "lack of visible role models for girls" in science. Here's a whole array they could use.

Former editors-in-chief at European Law Journal say the departure of editorial boards raises issue about 'who owns' scholarly journals.

Dr. Li Wenliang issued a warning about a strange new virus. Then the authorities summoned him for questioning.

Investigation finds that biophysicist Kuo-Chen Chou repeatedly suggested dozens of citations be added to papers.

Research involves deep discussions between authors and reviewers. Starting this week, readers of some Nature Research journals will be able to see this up close.

As the new coronavirus continues its deadly spread, researchers must ensure that their work on this outbreak is shared rapidly and openly.

Modelers are trying to forecast how the virus will move, but they need better data.

Most of the world's supply of masks and respirators comes from China, and a supply chain gap poses a risk to everyday health care beyond the viral epidemic.

The Iowa caucus debacle proved that a 21st-century election requires 19th-century technology.

New diseases are mirrors that reflect how a society works-and where it fails.

The potentially illegal archive is a 'moral imperative,' said one organizer.

Academics say case of Dr Asiya Islam, turned down after 10 years in UK, gives the lie to assurances Britain is open to experts.

Experts see two scenarios: 2019-nCoV becomes like the four little-known coronaviruses already endemic in people, or it becomes like the seasonal flu.

A traveler to Germany from China who infected another person did feel ill, contradicting New England Journal of Medicine report.

Scientists are rapidly posting findings about the new coronavirus outbreak online, accelerating the speed of scientific discoveries - and of misinformation.

The failure-ridden search for a vaccine that can stop the AIDS virus has delivered yet another frustrating defeat.

The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program launches its Call for Applications 2020.

Behavioral ecologists are in turmoil as dozens of research papers involving an expert on social spiders draw scrutiny.

On the day that the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, higher education and research organisations from across the UK and Europe have reaffirmed their commitment to working together, and are calling on their respective governments to make this a priority.

A new ranking system for academic journals measuring their commitment to research transparency will be launched next month - providing what many believe will be a useful alternative to journal impact scores.

Normally, science is highly competitive and secretive, with universities and private sector companies patenting knowledge, scientific journals putting research behind paywalls and all research peer-reviewed before the data is released. But for the moment those barriers have fallen as scientists share research and work together to battle this coronavirus epidemic.