Open-access journal eLife to start charging fees
The open-access journal eLife is dropping one of its most distinctive features: free publishing. From 2017, it will charge a fee of $2,500 for all accepted papers.
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The current system of knowledge dissemination isn’t working and Sci-Hub is merely a symptom of the problem
The current system of knowledge dissemination isn’t working and Sci-Hub is merely a symptom of the problem
That Sci-Hub’s activities are illegal is not disputed. However, according to Iván Farías Pelcastre and Flor González Correa the issue at the core of the debate is the current publishing and knowled…
A cross-disciplinary approach to science is helping Nautilus carve a unique niche in science publishing
A cross-disciplinary approach to science is helping Nautilus carve a unique niche in science publishing
With a focus on deep reporting, a print magazine, and an intense affinity for illustrations, nonprofit Nautilus has taken an expensive approach to launching a new science publication.
The natural selection of bad science
Poor research design and data analysis encourage false-positive findings. Such poor methods persist despite perennial calls for improvement, suggesting that they result from something more than just misunderstanding.
Cut-throat academia leads to 'natural selection of bad science'
Scientists incentivised to publish surprising results frequently in major journals, despite risk that such findings are likely to be wrong, suggests research.
Robot-written reviews fool academics
Peer reviews created by self-generated text machines are the latest threat to scientific integrity.
The FTC Is Cracking Down on Predatory Science Journals
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing predatory journal publishing company, OMICS Group, for hiding fees and deceiving researchers. It's a first for the largely unregulated industry.
Why scientific criticism sometimes needs to hurt
As a researcher who gets such severe criticism, you have to go through the 5 stages of grief...
New Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE
Dr. Joerg Heber has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE.
How has publishing changed in the last 20 years?
It is useful to consider the trajectory of both scientific and literary publishing on the grid-group plane defined by Mary Douglas which arranges attitudes along two axes: one ranging from the hierarchical to the egalitarian, and the other spanning individualistic to communitarian. I would contend that, in both cases, there has been a move from the hierarchical/communitarian quadrant towards the egalitarian/individualistic zone.
EMBO and Wiley launch the SmartFigures Lab
‘SmartFigures Lab’ is a prototype online publishing website with enhanced data presentation capabilities. The site results from the integration of SmartFigures, an open source application of the EMBO SourceData platform, with Wiley’s Content Enrichment Framework and research & development environment.
Truth in Science Publishing
In this Perspective, Thomas C. Südhof describes some of the current challenges to the peer review system that have endangered public acceptance of science and discusses possible avenues to addressing these challenges.
Elsevier Awarded U.S. Patent For “Online Peer Review System and Method”
A few hours ago, 50 months after Elsevier submitted a patent application for an “Online peer review system and method” the patent was awarded to the company.
UC Pay It Forward Project
UC Davis and CDL Investigation of the Institutional Costs of Gold Open Access
Towards Open Science: The Case for a Decentralized Autonomous Academic Endorsement System
Towards Open Science: The Case for a Decentralized Autonomous Academic Endorsement System
A system of academic endorsement based on blockchain technology would be decoupled from the publication process, which would allow expeditious appraisal of all kinds of scientific output in a transparent manner without relying on any central authority.
Foot print of a paper: accountability in academic publishing
There needs to be a transparent and openly recorded submission and review process.
Accountability in academic publishing
Currently, there is no record of previous submission of a paper to other journals and the comments it might have received in the journey to the final publication. A paper that might have been rejected by three or four journals goes into press, and people hear about the results without any of the background scientific debate and conversation that led to this publicatio.
What it costs to publish in eLife
We present a deeper view of our 2015 financials, covering publishing and non-publishing expenses. As part of our ambition to change how science publishing works, especially among highly selective journals, we hope that being transparent about our costs will help to set a future course for research communication that is efficient and sustainable.
How to Bring Science Publishing into the 21st Century
Authorea, a new collaborative tool, could revolutionize scientific authorship
What’s in a name?
The tricks and teases academics use to entice their readers: clichés, the Bard and the phrases of the moment.
A study of institutional spending on open access publication fees in Germany
A study of institutional spending on open access publication fees in Germany
How much German universities and research organisations spent on open access publication fees.
Research impact of paywalled versus open access papers
Study showing open access papers have a 50% greater citation advantage than articles behind paywalls.
Double-dipping is Double the Fun
The much-maligned practice of “double-dipping,” in which a publisher received revenue from both subscriptions and APCs, is likely to remain with us for some time.
Veruscript
A mission-based, independent publisher standing for fairness and return approximately 25% of revenue to the research community.
Scientific literature: Information overload
How to manage the research-paper deluge? Blogs, colleagues and social media can all help.
With new owner, the hated 'impact factor' is overdue for change
The impact factor is a poor measure of a journal's quality, and academics say it should either be overhauled or done away with entirely.
When the President of the United States Writes an Article in Your Journal
How do you edit Barack Obama? The Chronicle spoke to the editor in chief of a journal that published the president’s article on the future of health-care reform on Monday.
ASM Journals Eliminate Impact Factor Information from Journal Websites
The goal being to avoid contributing further to the inappropriate focus on journal IFs.
Hate journal impact factors? New study gives you one more reason
Analysis finds citation rankings can be very misleading.
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