Despite a long list of supremely qualified people who could inspire a whole new generation of scientists, the glass ceiling in American science remains intact.

JCT enables researchers to check whether they can comply with their funders Plan S aligned OA policy based on the journal, the funder and the institution affiliated with the research to be published.

Scientists praise US president's pick of Alondra Nelson, a specialist in bioethics and social inequality.

The SSH Open Marketplace is discovery portal designed to offer social sciences and humanities researchers the tools, software, datasets, training materials, and workflows they need to manage their data.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of sharing data openly to improve the discoverability and reusability of new results.

Nature's guide tracks the US president's appointees who matter most to science.

What research caught the public imagination in 2020? Check out Altmetrics' annual list of papers with the most attention.

2020 wasn't all bad. In April of last year, we released our first public data file. Though Crossref metadata is always openly available--and our board recently cemented this by voting to adopt the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure (POSI)--we've decided to release an updated file.

Joseph R. Biden Jr. will bring with him the largest team of climate change experts ever assembled in the White House, and action on global warming is expected quickly.

The Nebra sky disk, which has been called the oldest known depiction of astronomical phenomena, is a "very emotional object."

During an webinar on Wednesday 27 November 2021, from 14.00–16.30 CET, Science Europe will formally launch the second edition of its Practical Guide to the International Alignment of Research Data Management.

Scientists were surprised to find the insect's preserved penis, which suggests it was an unknown species.

Under Biden, genome-sequencing pioneer Eric Lander may become the most powerful scientist in US history. But he comes with some baggage.

Researchers found that the variant originated in California and showed up in more than half of samples tested last week by researchers in Los Angeles.

In this forward-looking spirit, sharing information about the coming EU funding framework seems to be an appropriate topic for the last DARIAH Open post in 2020. As such, this entry is having a look at how Open Science is taking shape in the nascent Horizon Europe funding programme for 2021-2027, what to expect and what are the major changes compared to the previous funding programme, Horizon 2020.

Analysis of hundreds of articles in predatory titles shows that 60% have never been cited.

Scammers set up fake institutional email accounts to deceive a chemistry publication's editorial team.

Subscription journals will let some Plan S funded researchers share accepted manuscripts under open licences.

The pandemic has exposed the impact of 20 years of turning higher education into a marketplace and students into increasingly dissatisfied customers.

Sharon Begley, whose science journalism career spanned 43 years at Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and STAT, died Saturday at 64.

He has selected geneticist Eric Lander, who helped map the human genome, to lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The president-elect detailed plans for an initial effort to fight the coronavirus and a subsequent one to address economic recovery.

We are thrilled to announce that once again the Open Knowledge Foundation is giving out mini-grants to support people hosting Open Data Day events across the world.

Boris Johnson's plan to test millions of pupils a week in disarray after concerns raised.

Move comes as publishers sue in India to block public access.

In this spookily prescient booklet, people are advised to keep six feet apart, avoid shaking hands and only send one person per household out to do the shopping.

Due to different methods, US Noaa judged year as fractionally cooler than 2016 while UK Met Office put 2020 in close second place.

Persistent identifiers (PIDs) provide unique and long-lasting references to entities. They enable unique identification persistently over time and hence play a crucial role in supporting the FAIR principles.

Global heating continued unabated despite Covid lockdowns, with record Arctic wildfires and Atlantic tropical storms.

Once immunity is widespread in adults, the virus rampaging across the world will come to resemble the common cold, scientists predict.