Common underpinning problems with the scientific and data analytic practices and point to tools and behaviors that can be implemented to reduce the problems with published scientific results.

Responsible metrics and evaluation for open science.

Similarities and differences in Open Data and Open Science policies between European nations.

Building a coherent collaboration environment that facilitates scholarly communication workflows of social scientists in the roles of authors, reviewers, editors and readers.

A resource-centric communication protocol for for decentralised article publishing, annotations and peer to peer interactions.

New report looks at real-time global research collaboration for the first time, uncovering a new picture of collaborative research.

Democratization of journal publishing: the key to lowering journal costs and facilitating Open Access.

An analysis of data from 3500 review experiences submitted by authors to the SciRev.sc website.

The efficacy and ethics of piracy, placing ‘guerrilla open access’ within a longer history of piracy and access to knowledge.

Academics often complain about how long it takes for a paper to undergo peer reveiw. A publication reveals several striking observations based on these experiences.

A new study has found that funding agencies are not as open as they could be about what they are doing to prevent this waste and that governments responsible for the public money they distribute are not holding them to account.

Gender Report — Analysis of research performance through a gender lens across 20 years, 12 geographies, and 27 subject areas.

Prior co-authorship relations have a large and significant influence on manuscript handling times, speeding up the editorial decision on average by 19 days.

The number of backers a product attracts during crowdfunding predicts its financial success in the marketplace – not the amount of money raised.

A practical guide issued by Science Europe.

Environmental scientists and policymakers value long-term research to an extent that far outstrips the amount of funding awarded for it.

Report unveiled at union’s congress highlights ‘unreasonable, unsafe and excessive hours’. Get the report at www.ucu.org.uk/workload

Report highlighting the need for a reference database of research organisations.

It often feels as though today’s health headlines are some scientific version of Mad Libs. And now there’s a study that provides evidence for that hunch.

How centralization of journals led to the serials crisis and why democratizing digital journal publishing using services is the key to fixing it.

A new study suggests that, contrary to common fears, the answer is no.

It is often assumed that issue advocacy will compromise the credibility of scientists.

How to take into account differences in standards, confidence and bias in assessment panels.

Is there a gender-diversity dividend in science?

New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.

Llow replication success in psychology is realistic and worse performance may be expected for cognitive neuroscience.

Female first-year Ph.D. students work more than their male counterparts but publish less.

A law that aimed to stimulate the creation of spin-offs hasn't had much effect.

The establishment of university-affiliated incubators is often followed by a reduction in the quality of university innovations.

Lack of opportunities and local hiring practices have stopped many French scientists from returning to their homeland.