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Academics have found a way to access insanely expensive research papers-for free

Academics have found a way to access insanely expensive research papers-for free

"The internet has changed everything and people are simply no longer willing to pay $30 to read a paper from 1987."

Let's make sure it's fair as well as transparent

Let's make sure it's fair as well as transparent

Scientific publishing has undergone a revolution in recent years - largely due to the internet. And it shows no sign of letting up as a growing number of countries attempt to ensure that research papers are made freely available. Publishers are struggling to adapt their business models to the new challenges.

AAAS expands the Science Family by Launching Two New Journals

AAAS expands the Science Family by Launching Two New Journals

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced plans for two new peer-reviewed journals, Science Robotics and Science Immunology..

Academics are being hoodwinked into writing books nobody can buy

Academics are being hoodwinked into writing books nobody can buy

In the US, taxpayers are said to be spending $139bn a year on research, and in the UK, £4.7bn. Too much of that money is disappearing into big pockets.

How methods videos are making science smarter

How methods videos are making science smarter

Methods videos rising popularity has been spurred on by the so-called replication crisis, itself partly a result of the growing sophistication and interdisciplinary nature of life-science research.

A new journal wants to publish your research ideas

A new journal wants to publish your research ideas

The new journal RIO (Research Ideas and Outcomes) will publish papers on your methods, workflows, data, reports, and software - in short, all outputs of the research cycle.

PubPeer founders reveal themselves, create foundation

PubPeer founders reveal themselves, create foundation

The creators of PubPeer dropped their own anonymity today, as part of an announcement about a new chapter in the life of the post-publication peer review site..

Jump paywalls, score academic research for free, share it without being busted

Jump paywalls, score academic research for free, share it without being busted

At Chaos Communication Camp 2015, a researcher explained how to jump paywalls, obtain academic research and freely share that research without getting arrested.

Tips for promoting your research paper

Tips for promoting your research paper

Alert your followers on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social networking sites by announcing your published work along with a link to your article. To encourage sharing - use hashtags relevant to your subject and tag co-authors or department colleagues who may also want to share your paper. Looking for more ideas?

New SoftwareX journal integrates software into scientific communication

New SoftwareX journal integrates software into scientific communication

Open access journal SoftwareX publishes cross-discipline, peer-reviewed software that has been developed during the research process.

Single Figure Publications: A novel format for scholarly communication

Single Figure Publications: A novel format for scholarly communication

The single figure publication is a novel, efficient format by which to communicate scholarly advances. It will serve as a forerunner of the nano-publication, a modular unit of information critical for machine-driven data aggregation and knowledge integration.

Accelerating scientific publication in Biology

Accelerating scientific publication in Biology

The time has come for the life scientists, funding agencies, and publishers to discuss how to communicate new findings in a way that best serves the interests of the public and scientific community.

Sci-Hub tears down academia's illegal copyright paywalls

Sci-Hub tears down academia's illegal copyright paywalls

In a lawsuit filed by Elsevier, Sci-Hub.org is facing millions of dollars in damages. However, the site has no intentions of backing down and will continue its fight to keep access to scientific knowledge free and open.

The web will either kill science journals or save them

The web will either kill science journals or save them

Scientific research is awesome-we read it, we build upon it, we innovate with it, and we love it. But the process of getting research from the scientists who spend months or years with their data to the academics who want to read it can be messy.

Five companies control more than half of academic publishing

Five companies control more than half of academic publishing

[3]A study at the University of Montreal shows that Reed-Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, Taylor & Francis, and Sage now publish more than 50% of all academic articles. This number has been rising, thanks to mergers and acquisitions, from 30% in 1996 and only 20% in 1973.

Work smart with Workspace, our new platform for writing papers

Work smart with Workspace, our new platform for writing papers

[8]F1000Workspace offers scientists a comprehensive suite of software and services to write and collaborate on papers, annotate and share references and articles, as well as easily discover and save relevant new articles.

After 350 years of academic journals it's time to shake things up

After 350 years of academic journals it's time to shake things up

Writing and reviewing journal articles is part of the core business of a scientist. But it’s not an efficient way to communicate research results.

ORCID Receives a $3 Million Grant to Build International Engagement Capacity

ORCID Receives a $3 Million Grant to Build International Engagement Capacity

ORCID has been awarded an 18-month, $3 million grant by The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to develop the infrastructure and capacity to support international adoption and technical integration of ORCID identifiers.