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Both cities tighten control measures after cases spike, but they could soon be relaxed again.
While some libraries seek transformative agreements, others are unbundling the Big Deal: a look at licensing models and revenue pressures for publishers.
From Iceland to Taiwan and from Germany to New Zealand, women are stepping up to show the world how to manage a messy patch for our human family.
Confused about mask wearing? Sure, it’s complicated. But not as complicated as some people imply.
This new normal means mountains of single-use plastic-and few places to put it but the dump.
Check out all the latest coronavirus polling we've collected.
The postdoctoral experience is in need of reform. Here the authors outline concrete steps that institutions, postdocs and mentors can take to improve the landscape.
Springer Nature says it commits to offering researchers a route to publishing open access in Nature and most Nature-branded journals from 2021.
No one complained about the lack of evidence for 20-second hand-washing. So why did we treat face masks differently?
The ERC's Scientific Council notes with regret the statement made by Mauro Ferrari concerning his resignation on 7 April. We here present the facts of the situation. On Friday 27 March, all 19 active members of the ERC's Scientific Council individually and unanimously requested that Mauro Ferrari resign from his position as ERC's President.
The pandemic is fuelling deplorable racism and discrimination, especially against Asian people. Education and research will also pay the price.
How a small university team at Johns Hopkins built a COVID-19 data site that draws 1 billion clicks a day.
With help from Fox News and Elon Musk, a misleading French study prompted a wave of misinformation that made its way to the president
Following a public consultation cOAlition S announces updated criteria for Transformative Journals.
The SciELO Program has launched the SciELO Preprints server with the aim of accelerating the availability of research articles and other scientific communications before, or in parallel with, their evaluation and validation by scientific journals through the peer review process. Although open to all thematic areas, SciELO Preprints will focus on immediately serving communications related to COVID-19.
Tracking the closure of the borders that governments implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Opinion piece argues that there is nothing 'natural' about the coronavirus pandemic: global capitalism has created it. Social distancing is like a general strike: an experiment taking back control over our own time.
Scientist talks about social distancing strategies and how long we may need to maintain them.
Mauro Ferrari resigned unexpectedly as president of the European Research Council, triggering a noisy public spat over why and how he left.
A systematic focus on governance – instead of, or at least alongside, open access – is vital for the future of publishing. Even if the for-profit publishing model is not going to be ‘killed’ any time soon, governance may still allow us to assert some control over it. Coupled with the publishing futures already being created and nurtured by library publishers, university presses and scholar-led collectives, we may be able to imagine a world that isn’t trapped in the logic of COVID-19.
Due to the confusing situation in the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers have decided that the Open-Access-Tage 2020 will not be held as an on-site event in Bielefeld.
Revised ‘Transformative Journal’ criteria from cOAlition S are “challenging” but Springer Nature commits to transition majority of journals, including Nature. Approach means Plan S-funded authors will be able to continue to submit research to these journals.
Public green spaces are good for the immune system and the mind-and they can be rationed to allow for social distancing.
