It's rare to see women and people of color in medical textbooks, researcher Rhiannon Parker says.

Negotiator says universities 'no longer willing to pay' big publishers without significant step towards open access.

The Frictionless Data Reproducible Research Fellows Program, supported by the Sloan Foundation, aims to train graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and early career researchers how to become champions for open, reproducible research using Frictionless Data tools and approaches in their field.

Enabling researchers to develop and test innovative ways of making health research open, accessible and reusable.

The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has published a white paper on “Exploring Open Access Ebook Usage”.

Marches were held at some 100 locations worldwide as part of a global day of action.  Speakers at the NYC march touched on issues ranging from climate change and a Green New Deal to sexual harassment, gender inequity, and activism within STEM.

After serving as editor-in-chief of an Elsevier journal for over seven years, Lajos Balogh decided to channel his publishing knowledge to a new endeavor. He and a group of fellow editors started a publishing organization and journal of their own.

The ORCID Nominations Committee is now welcoming nominations for Board members to serve from 2020 - 2022. Learn how, when and why to get involved.

It is well established that administrators and decision-makers use journal prestige and impact factors as a shortcut to assess research. But it is not enough to recognize the problem. Identifying specific approaches that publishers can take to address these concerns really is key.

A project that aims to slash the cost of producing monographs could help make more of them available to the public for free. But will scholars participate?

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of EPFL, the important topic of open and reproducible science is given the place it deserves.

The Belt and Road Initiative, China's mega-plan for global infrastructure, will transform the lives and work of tens of thousands of researchers.

scite is a platform that allows anyone to see if a scientific report has been supported or contradicted by subsequent work. Its aim is to make it easier to tell what is fact and what is not.

We are delighted to announce the launch of the new Europe PMC Plus - the manuscript submission system for authors supported by Europe PMC funders.

EU Commissioners approved on 30 April details of an experimental new "matrix" design for their research policy department, which its chief says will force staff to work together across bureaucratic lines. "This is really about establishing an agile, modern, cross-cutting administration, which really can elaborate policies and projects differently," said Jean-Eric Paquet, director-general of DG Research and Innovation, known as DG RTD.

The National Academy of Sciences has come under pressure to address misconduct in recent years.

In this 2-day meeting participants will learn how to contribute to innovation covering a large variety of roles in the value chain.

Scholars question decision -- particularly as it comes from one of the world's wealthiest universities and will limit publishing by a highly respected press.

Higher education groups call on government to clarify its policy on tuition costs

Agreement with Norwegian consortium allows researchers to make the vast majority of their work free to read on publication in Elsevier journals.

Home fee status and financial support for EU nationals is planned to be withdrawn from 2021 in a new crackdown on foreign students by Theresa May.

Critical scientific assessment of humanity's impact on nature to be released after Paris negotiations.

U.K. COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) grant holders face bureaucratic headaches to shift grant administration out of the country by 1 May.

The winners of the Wellcome Data Re-use Prizes have generated new insights in antimicrobial resistance and malaria research.

The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries, comprising sixteen libraries and the Swiss National Science Foundation, is the third national consortium to commit to the SCOSS initiative.

A Norwegian consortium has signed a new kind of subscription deal with Elsevier that includes open-access publishing - a first for the publisher. But the new rights come at a cost.

Only a few legislators really know what they're talking about, but it's a start.

The AAAS IF/THEN Ambassadors program furthers women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics by empowering current innovators and inspiring the next generation of pioneers.

Thousands of Nature referees have chosen to be publicly acknowledged.

Swiss funding agency banned applicant-nominated referees after a 2016 study found evidence of bias. Those results are now being made public.