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ELife Announces First Release of Open-source Submission and Peer-review Platform: Libero Reviewer

ELife Announces First Release of Open-source Submission and Peer-review Platform: Libero Reviewer

New software enables the rapid submission of manuscripts for initial assessment.

​Norwegian Research Institutions Have Decided Not to Renew Their Agreement with Elsevier

​Norwegian Research Institutions Have Decided Not to Renew Their Agreement with Elsevier

The offer from Elsevier is a long way from fulfilling the Norwegian requirements for open access to research articles. There is also no movement in transitioning the agreement from paying to read to paying for open publishing. Norwegian research institutions will therefore not renew the agreement with Elsevier for 2019. 

UK Considers Post-Brexit Research Fund Open to World

UK Considers Post-Brexit Research Fund Open to World

The government will assess whether a UK granting scheme could help make up for lost EU research funding.

Scott Gottlieb's Sudden Resignation Will Give Biotech a Panic Attack - STAT

Scott Gottlieb's Sudden Resignation Will Give Biotech a Panic Attack - STAT

With Gottlieb on his way out, many will recall the other frontrunners before he got the job who were eager to dismantle the FDA oversight process.

'Antivaxxers' Attack U.S. Science Panel

'Antivaxxers' Attack U.S. Science Panel

Meetings of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine committee have become the latest front in a national battle over immunization.

Data Sharing: Better for Everyone, Especially You!! | PLOS Biologue

Data Sharing: Better for Everyone, Especially You!! | PLOS Biologue

Happy Open Data Day 2019! It's that special day of the year again! Well, every day should be Open Data Day, but today lots of motivated folk come together around the world to remind us all why Open Data, Open Science, and sharing of data and science in general is better for everyone. Better for reuse, better for tracking public money flows, better for open mapping and development, and also, lest we lost sight, better for the researcher who produced the data! Why better for the researchers who generated the data? Better because the value add from sharing is multifold. Others can reuse and reanalyse your data. If you've placed the data in a repository with a persistent identifier, you'll get attributed when they are reused and you can get credit for this - and even citations. What may not be immediately obvious is that taking a little bit of time to ensure your data are 'sharable' is good practise that ensures that when you want to use

Huge US University Cancels Subscription with Elsevier

Huge US University Cancels Subscription with Elsevier

University of California and Dutch publisher fail to strike deal that would allow researchers to publish under open-access terms.

University of California Boycotts Publishing Giant Elsevier over Journal Costs and Open Access

University of California Boycotts Publishing Giant Elsevier over Journal Costs and Open Access

The move could aid a global movement for immediate free access to scientific articles.

OpenCitations - CROCI

OpenCitations - CROCI

CROCI, the Crowdsourced Open Citations Index, is a new OpenCitations Index containing citations deposited by individuals, identified by ORCiD identifiers, who have a legal right to publish them under a CC0 public domain waiver.

The Costs of Academic Publishing Are Absurd. The University of California is Fighting Back.

The Costs of Academic Publishing Are Absurd. The University of California is Fighting Back.

The UC system, the largest public academic system in the US, just dropped its $10 million-a-year subscription to the world's largest publisher of academic journals.

UC Terminates Subscriptions with World's Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access to Publicly Funded Research

UC Terminates Subscriptions with World's Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access to Publicly Funded Research

As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier. Despite months of contract negotiations, Elsevier was unwilling to meet UC's key goal: securing universal open access to UC research while containing the rapidly escalating costs associated with for-profit journals.

Chinese Government May Have Funded 'CRISPR Babies' Project

Chinese Government May Have Funded 'CRISPR Babies' Project

If the documents are correct, they would raise doubts about the preliminary findings of a government investigation that He Jianqui acted mostly on his own.

Elsevier Records 2% Lifts in Revenue and Profits

Elsevier Records 2% Lifts in Revenue and Profits

Elsevier saw 2% underlying revenue growth in 2018, according to the latest annual financial results filed by parent company RELX, to a total of £2,538m.

Journal Retracts More Than 400 Papers at Once

Journal Retracts More Than 400 Papers at Once

Ladies and gentlemen, we appear to have a new record. The Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences (JFAS) recently retracted 434 articles from three issues of their journal. Yes, 434, giving it …