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These Are the Best Ways to Improve the Scientific Publication Process
How should the scientific publication process be rethought to be more meritocratic?
Elsevier Journals Are Back Online at 60 Institutions
Publisher makes papers available again while countrywide negotiations over open access and price continue.
Steps to Help Turkey Build a Future on Research
The Turkish government must stop university dismissals and commit itself to creating a welcoming research environment if its grand plans for science are to succeed.
Diehard Coders Just Rescued NASA’s Earth Science Data
Hackers are building up robust systems to monitor changes to government websites. And they’re keeping track of data that's already been removed.
Science Journals Permit Open-Access Publishing for Gates Foundation Scholars
Science Journals Permit Open-Access Publishing for Gates Foundation Scholars
The provisional agreement may set a precedent for other funders and journal publishers.
Broad Institute Scientist Prevails in Epic Patent Fight Over CRISPR
Doudna and Berkeley may appeal the ruling in favor of MIT and Harvard. There is big money at stake.
February Open Science Round Up
Catch up with all that’s been happening in the world of Open Science!
Pasteur president Forced to Retire
Institute board snuffs out Christian Bréchot’s hopes for a second term.
Broad Institute Wins CRISPR Patent Battle
The dispute between researchers at UC Berkeley and the Broad Institute over the invention of the powerful gene-editing technique has been decided.
GitHub Released a Massive Guide to Contributing to Open Source
GitHub just released a massive guide to contributing to open source.
Selection of ORCID Integrations
Visual representation of selected ORCID integrations as listed on ORCID website.
Elsevier Selling Access to Open Access Again
Elsevier have been caught selling access to paid-for “open articles in 2014, 2015, and 2016.
German Scientists Regain Access to Elsevier Journals
Publisher restores access as negotiations for a nationwide licence continue.
This Billionaire's Cancer Moonshot Is Falling Far Short of the Hype
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a biotech billionaire, launched a 'moonshot' to vanquish cancer. But an investigation found the hype far outruns the progress.
AAAS and Gates Foundation Partnership Announcement
To advance scientific communication and open access publishing. The partnership will also ensure open access to research funded by the Gates Foundation and published in the Science family of journals.
The White House Open Data Page Just Got Trumped
Trump Administration removed all open data (9GB) from the White House.
Academics on Twitter Are Taking on the Trump Administration With Satire
Satirical academic social media accounts go serious to protest Donald Trump.
How Much Does It Cost to Run a Small Scholarly Publisher?
£182'100 of fixed costs per year.
Acknowledging and Overcoming Nonreproducibility in Basic and Preclinical Research
Acknowledging and Overcoming Nonreproducibility in Basic and Preclinical Research
In this Viewpoint, Ioannidis discusses the problem of nonreproducibility in biomedical research and proposes implementing reproducibility assessments to improve research practices.
Dubai Announces Passenger Drone Plans
The drone can carry a person and a small suitcase, and flies at up to 100 miles per hour.
Equality in Science: A Mission Still Not Accomplished
In the 1960s three African-American women helped put astronauts into orbit. Hidden Figures tells their story, but women in science are still battling inequality.
Why Apprenticeships Are Science's Future
Practical experience and no student debt make vocational training an enticing career option
Preprints: We're Supporting Calls for a Central Service
We now allow researchers to cite preprints in their grant applications.
Gold, Green, and Black Open Access
The debate about open access has until now focused on the gold (journals) versus the green route (manuscript self‐archival).
Ambra, the PLOS Journal Publishing Platform, is Open Again
Ambra is an innovative Open Source platform for publishing Open Access research articles. It provides features for post-publication discussion and versioned articles that allows for a “living” document around which further scientific discoveries can be made. The platform is in active development by PLOS (Public Library of Science) and is licensed under the MIT License.
NIH Supports International Effort to Create a Central Service
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is working with an international group of research funders to explore the value and feasibility of establishing a Central Service for preprints. This is a unique opportunity to encourage sharing of preprints in the life sciences and to support the development of a core infrastructure to ensure the benefits of pre-printing are fully realized.