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Pay-to-View Blacklist of Predatory Journals Set to Launch

Pay-to-View Blacklist of Predatory Journals Set to Launch

Private firm says its watchlist of untrustworthy journals will be objective and transparent — but not free.

Is the Nature Index at Odds with DORA?

Is the Nature Index at Odds with DORA?

We find Nature Research's critical attitude towards journal impact factors, embodied in its signing of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA; Nature 544, 394; 2017), to be inconsistent with the aims of its Nature Index.

Keeping a Lid on Open Science

Keeping a Lid on Open Science

Efforts to promote and enforce shared research have made progress in China, but there is much room for improvement.

Trump Budget Would Slash Science Programmes Across Government

Trump Budget Would Slash Science Programmes Across Government

Proposed cuts include 11% at the National Science Foundation, 18% at the National Institutes of Health and 30% at the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Environment Needs Cryptogovernance

The Environment Needs Cryptogovernance

The blockchain technology that underpins cryptographic currencies can support sustainability by building trust and avoiding corruption, explains Guillaume Chapron.

Biology Needs More Staff Scientists

Biology Needs More Staff Scientists

Independent professionals advance science in ways faculty-run labs cannot, and such positions keep talented people in research, argues Steven Hyman.

Science Publishers Try New Tack to Combat Unauthorized Paper Sharing

Science Publishers Try New Tack to Combat Unauthorized Paper Sharing

Rise in copyright breaches prompts industry to discuss ways to allow ‘fair sharing’ of articles.

Nature Journals Support the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment

Nature Journals Support the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment

Nature journals have signed up to the principles of the Declaration on Research Assessment agreement.

More Surgeons Must Start Doing Basic Science

More Surgeons Must Start Doing Basic Science

They say they don't have the time or incentives to do research — and that’s dangerous for translational medicine.

What All Those Scientists on Twitter Are Really Doing

What All Those Scientists on Twitter Are Really Doing

Analysis reveals that female researchers are over-represented on the social-media site and that mathematicians and life scientists are less likely to use it.