Chemistry Journal Introduces ‘Intelligent Crowd’ Peer Review
Online platform aims to make peer review faster, unbiased and less of a burden on researchers
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What I Learned from Predatory Publishers
This article is a first-hand account of Jeffrey Beall’s work identifying and listing predatory publishers from 2012 to 2017.
Why Unpaywall Will Be a Game-Changer
Recently, a new tool has come out that allows users to ‘jump the paywall’ and access research articles for free. It’s called Unpaywall, and it works by using information contained within papers.
The Crisis Facing Scientific Research
The challenges facing researchers in Japan and some of the structural weaknesses holding science back.
Journal Editors Open Up About Open Science
In May 2017, we sat down with ECS journal editors Robert Savinell and Dennis Hess at the 231st ECS Meeting.
Open-Access Mandates and the Seductively False Promise of “Free”
Open-access mandates have the potential to significantly harm the publishing industry, writes the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property.
Data Science for Doctors
Learn the skills to supercharge your next audit, quality improvement or research project.
On the Changing Infrastructure of Scholarly Communication
Peter Suber and the Open Access Movement
Coursera Course on Research Data Management and Sharing
An introduction to research data management and sharing, starting Jun 19.
What Is It? (And Why Some Researchers Want It)
There is a movement within the scientific community that asks for greater collaboration between research teams. The idea is that with greater access to information, more people working separately on the same problems can solve them more efficiently and with the greatest transparency.
Dutch Contracts Have to Be Disclosed
The open access contracts between the Dutch universities and publishers Elsevier and Springer have to be publicly disclosed. That is the verdict of the committee charged with considering the appeal of the publishers against a freedom of information request.
5 Million Euros to Fund Blockchain Surveillance Research
5 Million Euros to Fund Blockchain Surveillance Research
A group of EU government agencies, law enforcement groups and academic researchers are partnering on a new digital currency surveillance project.
Pilot Programme Encourages Researchers to Share the Code
New project, partly designed by a University of Cambridge researcher, aims to improve transparency in science by sharing ‘how the sausage is made’.
Public Knowledge Project @PKP
Public Knowledge Project - PKP is a multi-university initiative developing (free) open source software and conducting research to improve the quality and reach of scholarly publishing.
Diamond Open Access, Societies and Mission
In this article Robert Harington assesses the Diamond open access model for society journal publishing.
Visualize Data Instantly with Machine Learning
Today we’re rolling out new features in Sheets that make it even easier for you to visualize and share your data, and find insights your teams can act on.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing
Striking a Balance: Embracing Change While Preserving Tradition in Scholarly Communications
The Future Of Libraries Is Collaborative, Robotic, And Participatory
The Future Of Libraries Is Collaborative, Robotic, And Participatory
Libraries can survive these times of technological upheaval, but they’re going to have to change–and fast.
5th World Conference on Research Integrity
May 28-31, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Anti-Vaccine Film Vaxxed Will Be Given Cannes Screening
A documentary in which the disgraced former doctor Andrew Wakefield alleges that a link between vaccines and autism has been covered up by the US government is to be shown at the Cannes film festival.
Rethinking Career Paths Across Academia
Is there an alternative to the standard academic career path that would actually make research work better?
Paper About Plagiarism Contains Plagiarism
An amusing case of plagiarism in a paper about plagiarism.
Major Global Research Funders Take Strong Lead on Clinical Trial Transparency
Major Global Research Funders Take Strong Lead on Clinical Trial Transparency
Some of the world’s largest research funders and NGOs today agreed to adopt the WHO's strong standards on clinical trial transparency.
Data Sharing Can Offer Help in Science's Reproducibility Crisis
A team of researchers suggest that the increasing complexity of managing data may be one reason that reproducibility has fallen off.
Why We Need Centralized Services
While preprints have been around since before arXiv.org launched in 1991, fields outside of physics are starting to push for more early sharing of research data, results and conclusions.
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