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Open is Not Enough

Open is Not Enough

The solutions adopted by the high-energy physics community to foster reproducible research are examples of best practices that could be embraced more widely. This first experience suggests that reproducibility requires going beyond openness.

Climate Protests Shut Down Five London Bridges

Climate Protests Shut Down Five London Bridges

Bridges in London were forced to close Saturday because of protests against climate change organized by a group called Extinction Rebellion.

Why Data Citation Matters to Publishers and Data Repositories

Why Data Citation Matters to Publishers and Data Repositories

Transparency and reproducibility, reuse, and credit are three key reasons why data sharing and data citation are important for scientific progress.

The Good, the Bad, and the Expensive

The Good, the Bad, and the Expensive

In her Crossref LIVE18 Keynote speech this week, Coko's Kristen Ratan questioned the sense of the industry's continuing resignation to being locked in to costly, print-based, outdated workflows and technologies (some of which are now owned by competitor publishers). "Publishers are mired in print p

Brazil's New Foreign Minister Believes Climate Change is a Marxist Plot

Brazil's New Foreign Minister Believes Climate Change is a Marxist Plot

Ernesto Araújo has called climate science 'dogma' and bemoaned the 'criminalisation' of red meat, oil and heterosexual sex

Open Letter on Plan S to the European Commission and Research Funders

Open Letter on Plan S to the European Commission and Research Funders

The Young Academy of Sweden agrees that results from publicly funded science should be open and accessible, but needs a predictable system for dissemination of scientific findings, a system which remains robust over time and which has acceptance within the science community.

OASPA Open Science Webinar: November 29th

OASPA Open Science Webinar: November 29th

This webinar provides a viewpoint on open science and publishing from the perspective of researchers and those involved in outreach and policy for research communication at institutions and on the European Open Science Policy Platform. What is open science for them, how does it relate to open access and publishing, and what role do they and publishers have in the shift towards open science?

Financial Times Tool Warns if Articles Quote Too Many Men

Financial Times Tool Warns if Articles Quote Too Many Men

The Financial Times is automatically warning its journalists if their articles quote too many men, in an attempt to force writers to look for expert women to include in their pieces.

New Report Shows Colleges How to Bridge the Gap Between the Liberal Arts and the Work Force

New Report Shows Colleges How to Bridge the Gap Between the Liberal Arts and the Work Force

New study says the evolving economy creates a greater need for their skills, but that many colleges could do better at thinking about what graduates can do and helping them translate that into jobs.

7 Female Science YouTubers That Are Breaking STEM Glass Ceilings

7 Female Science YouTubers That Are Breaking STEM Glass Ceilings

At IE, we are proud to celebrate women in STEM and in that spirit we have combined a list of our favorite seven female-lead YouTube science shows! You go girls!

Orban's Government Vs. The Social Sciences

Orban's Government Vs. The Social Sciences

A public talk that a PhD student, Orsolya Vasarhelyi, and I were scheduled to give on November 8, 2018 at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences' (HAS) "Hungarian Day of Science" was censored by the Academy's deputy secretary-general Beáta Mária Barnabás. In English, our talk's title could be translated

How Science Fared in the Midterm Elections

How Science Fared in the Midterm Elections

This year, more candidates with degrees in science, medicine and engineering ran for Congress than ever before. Of the nearly two-dozen new candidates in this crop, at least seven won seats in the House of Representatives.

EUA Asks European Commission to Investigate Lack of Competition

EUA Asks European Commission to Investigate Lack of Competition

The EUA Council adopted a statement expressing its concern about the lack of transparency and competition in the scholarly publishing business sector in Europe. 

Researchers Report Elsevier to EU Anti-Competition Authority

Researchers Report Elsevier to EU Anti-Competition Authority

Academic publisher Elsevier has repeatedly made the news for its battle with Sci-Hub, the "Pirate Bay" of science. However, while Elsevier is using copyrights to protect its business, academic-insiders accuse the publisher of "anti-competitive" actions.

Leading Open Access Supporters Ask EU To Investigate Elsevier's Alleged 'Anti-Competitive Practices'

Leading Open Access Supporters Ask EU To Investigate Elsevier's Alleged 'Anti-Competitive Practices'

Back in the summer, we wrote about the paleontologist Jon Tennant, who had submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission regarding the relationship between the publishing giant Elsevier and the EU's Open Science Monitor. Now Tennant has...

ACS V. ResearchGate - 3,143 Articles and a Few Lessons About Their Authors   - Scholarly Communications @ Duke

ACS V. ResearchGate - 3,143 Articles and a Few Lessons About Their Authors   - Scholarly Communications @ Duke

In October, Elsevier and ACS filed a new US copyright infringement lawsuit against ResearchGate [complaint]. Like the German ResearchGate lawsuit I wrote about last year, the basic premise of the suit is the same. This is how Elsevier and ACS describe ResearchGate's activities in the American lawsuit: In egregious violation of copyright law, ResearchGate provides … Continue reading ACS v. ResearchGate - 3,143 articles and a few lessons about their authors   →

Digital Future: We Are Already There, but Keep Living in the Past

Digital Future: We Are Already There, but Keep Living in the Past

Presentation slides for Postgraduate Forum of the German Association for American Studies 2018. Alternative title: Selfish reasons for adopting open research practices in SSH research.

Scientists Struggle with Confusing Journal Guidelines

Scientists Struggle with Confusing Journal Guidelines

Unclear and incomplete journal guidelines are placing an additional burden on many scientists who don't speak English as a first language.

Video Games Could Be a Short-term Answer to Science's Gender Problem

Video Games Could Be a Short-term Answer to Science's Gender Problem

New research shows girls are more likely to take physical science or technology degrees if they play video games.