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For Sharing A Scientific Paper, a Young Researcher Faces Jail Time

For Sharing A Scientific Paper, a Young Researcher Faces Jail Time

The case of Colombian scientist Diego Gomez — on trial for copyright violation for sharing a research paper — is likely to reach a head later this month.

TrueReview, A Platform for Post-Publication Peer Review

TrueReview, A Platform for Post-Publication Peer Review

We describe the mathematical foundations and structure of TrueReview, an open-source tool we propose to build in support of post-publication review.

Journal Publishers' Big Deals: Are They Worth It?

Journal Publishers' Big Deals: Are They Worth It?

With exponential increases that reached 402% over a 20-year span, the spiralling cost of these large bundles rapidly put pressure on available budgets for books and journals from smaller learned societies.

Sci-Hub Study Suggests Publishers’ Embargoes ‘Not Viable’

Sci-Hub Study Suggests Publishers’ Embargoes ‘Not Viable’

Analysis of scholarly publishing’s ‘Napster’ shows that academics are not prepared to wait to access research. 35 per cent of articles downloaded from Sci-Hub were less than two years old when they were accessed.

NIH to Cap Grants for Well-Funded Investigators

NIH to Cap Grants for Well-Funded Investigators

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced plans last week to impose a new grant scoring system that would cap how much support an investigator can receive from the agency.

Artificial Intelligence Can Expedite Scientific Communication and Eradicate Bias From the Publishing Process

Artificial Intelligence Can Expedite Scientific Communication and Eradicate Bias From the Publishing Process

Although automated publishing would allow researchers to share their findings faster, while also removing human bias, there are obvious ethical dilemmas related to this dehumanisation of the process.

People Don't Trust Scientific Research When Companies Are Involved

People Don't Trust Scientific Research When Companies Are Involved

Scientists need funding to do their work. But a new study finds turning to industry partners taints perceptions of university research, and including other kinds of partners doesn't really help.

Star Neuroscientist Tom Insel Leaves the Google-Spawned Verily for … a Startup?

Star Neuroscientist Tom Insel Leaves the Google-Spawned Verily for … a Startup?

Add another high-profile departure to the list of people leaving Verily, the Google-spawned health science company: Thomas Insel, a neuroscientist and former head of the National Institutes of Mental Health who was leading Verily’s mental health initiatives.

Science Publishers Try New Tack to Combat Unauthorized Paper Sharing

Science Publishers Try New Tack to Combat Unauthorized Paper Sharing

Rise in copyright breaches prompts industry to discuss ways to allow ‘fair sharing’ of articles.

Why Has Submitting a Manuscript to a Journal Become So Difficult?

Why Has Submitting a Manuscript to a Journal Become So Difficult?

A call to simplify an overly complicated process

Biotech Execs, Academic Leaders Make Case for NIH Funding at White House Meeting

Biotech Execs, Academic Leaders Make Case for NIH Funding at White House Meeting

New York City investor organized discussion to explain biomedical “ecosystem” to Trump officials

10 Breakthroughs to Shape Europe for the Next 60 Years

10 Breakthroughs to Shape Europe for the Next 60 Years

At the halfway point of the EU’s biggest research and innovation funding programme, Horizon 2020, we explore a selection of EU-funded projects whose breakthroughs could help to shape Europe during the next 60 years.

Wellcome Open Research Author Survey Results

Wellcome Open Research Author Survey Results

Author survey shows that publication speed and the ability to share a variety of research outputs are the primary reasons why authors publish on the Wellcome Open Research publishing platform.

Scientists Want You to Give Them Money to Study Psychedelics

Scientists Want You to Give Them Money to Study Psychedelics

A $2 million crowdfunding campaign will finance an ambitious series of studies—designed under the watchful eye of the FDA—into psychedelics as treatment.

The Meaning of Life in a World Without Work

The Meaning of Life in a World Without Work

As technology renders jobs obsolete, what will keep us busy? Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari examines ‘the useless class’ and a new quest for purpose