Encouraging Data Sharing: A Small Investment for Large Potential Gain
Data Availability Statements are a powerful tool in promoting data sharing, but what does it take to include them in a journal workflow?
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Guest Post: Supporting a Connected Galaxy of Knowledge - The Scholarly Kitchen
Guest Post: Supporting a Connected Galaxy of Knowledge - The Scholarly Kitchen
Elsevier's Gaby Appleton expands on some of the themes she discussed during the recent STM Association's panel debate on 'The future of access" and the work Elsevier is doing in these areas.
Junk Science or the Real Thing? 'Inference' Publishes Both.
The newish 'quarterly review of science' sometimes muddies the waters between science and political ideology. It is funded by Peter Thiel.
When the Numbers Tell Different Stories
Men produce twice as many scientific publications as women. At least that's the long-held assumption. But Lynn Nygaard, a special adviser and doctoral research fellow at PRIO, challenges this widespread belief in her recent article.
What's in a Number? How (and Why) Measuring Research Productivity in Different Ways Changes the Gender Gap
What's in a Number? How (and Why) Measuring Research Productivity in Different Ways Changes the Gender Gap
The gender gap in research productivity varies widely from study to study. This paper looks at how (and why) measuring productivity in different ways provides different pictures of the gender gap.
What BioRxiv's First 30,000 Preprints Reveal About Biologists
More than 1 million studies are now downloaded from the site every month, mostly in neuroscience, bioinformatics and genomics.
Pay to Publish Open Access: On the DEAL-Wiley Agreement
Details of the contract between the German consortium DEAL and Wiley reveal that the transformative nature of this new big deal may come at a high cost.
Payouts Push Professors Towards Predatory Journals
If South Africa truly wants to encourage good research, it must stop paying academics by the paper.
Elsevier's High Profit Model Makes them Anti-Open
Elsevier argues that they make their citation data available through their subscription database, Scopus, and that “[…] Elsevier cannot make such a large corpus of data, which it has added significant value to, available for free."
Groundbreaking Deal Makes Large Number of German Studies Free to Public
Groundbreaking Deal Makes Large Number of German Studies Free to Public
New contract gives researchers access to Wiley's journals and makes their papers open access
Printing Delays Present ‘New Normal’ for Academic Books
Printer closures and paper shortages create scheduling headaches for academic authors and staff at university presses.
As PNAS Calls Time on Print, Will More Journals Follow Suit?
End of prestigious print publication after 103 years stirs debate over future of journal publishing in the digital age.
Journal Shares Peer Reviews of Rejected Papers with Rival Titles
BMC Biology's 'portable peer review' policy aims to save editors and researchers time and effort, but academics question whether authors will want to share details of past rejections.
More science than you think is retracted. Even more should be.
More science than you think is retracted. Even more should be.
While 18,000 retractions may sound like a lot, that amount is clearly just a fraction of the total number of papers that are a problem, as surveys indicate.
The 'Future Book' Is Here, but It's Not What We Expected
Visionaries thought technology would change books. Instead, it's changed everything about publishing a book.
Closed Loop Peer Review
Funders and publishers have a lot to gain from sharing and aligning peer reviews.
How Sure Are You of Your Result? Put a Number on It
How Sure Are You of Your Result? Put a Number on It
Any scientist publishing a claim should quantify their confidence in it with a probability, argues Steven N. Goodman.
Plan S: Impact on Society Publishers
Plan S implementation guidance has not provided reassurance to anxious society publishers.
Researchers Sign Petition Backing Plans to End Paywalls
More than 1,400 researchers sign an online letter arguing that Plan S will not impinge on academic freedom, as some critics claim.
How to Keep Up to Date with the Literature but Avoid Information Overload
Getting the most out of your Google Scholar profile, creating some old-fashioned table of contents alerts, and simply setting aside time to periodically review key journal titles will ensure you rarely miss out on important research.
Google Scholar Citation Profiles: the good, the bad, and the better
To Catch Misconduct, Journals Are Hiring Research Integrity Czars
Scientific journals' creation of dedicated positions for rooting out misconduct before publication comes amid growing awareness of such issues.
ELife, Coko, Hindawi Limited and Digirati Commit to Libero for Open-source Publishing
ELife, Coko, Hindawi Limited and Digirati Commit to Libero for Open-source Publishing
The development of a brand-new version of Libero will be governed under a model that puts the community at the heart of the project.
Taking Back Control: the New University and Academic Presses That Are Re-envisioning Scholarly Publishing
Taking Back Control: the New University and Academic Presses That Are Re-envisioning Scholarly Publishing
Ideas in support of an upward trend in universities and academics setting up their own presses in an environment increasingly dominated by large commercial publishing houses.
Elsevier: the Price of Success
In its most recent publication, Education International examines the publishing giant Elsevier, whose success on the market is based on ethically questionable practices which endanger the transmission of knowledge and its condition as a public good.
A Data Citation Roadmap for Scientific Publishers
A practical roadmap for scholarly publishers to implement data citation in accordance with the Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles (JDDCP).
Science Should Not Pay for Overpaid CEOs of Academic Publishers
Gerard Meijer closed the first open access (offsetting) deals with the major scientific publishers. As his fellow scientists now oppose the new 'Plan S' he looks on with surprise and disappointments.
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.
New Journal for Controversial Academics
A new journal will allow academics to publish controversial articles under a pseudonym.
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.
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