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Investigating the implementation of data management and sharing requirements within seven development research projects.
An analysis of a collection of open-access datasets quantifies their benefit to the scientific community.
Alibaba wants to compete with the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. The advisory board includes Harvard's geneticist George Church and others.
How to make widespread open data a reality.
Switzerland's unique geography and economy put it at the centre of the world when it comes to scientific collaboration.
ETH Zurich in Switzerland launched an investigation into allegations that a leading professor mistreated graduate students for more than a decade.
Scholarly profile pages constructed from queries to information in Wikidata.
We need to be more concerned than ever about how society uses scientific discoveries, says Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society UK.
The author line provides no adequate information on the qualitative contribution of the single persons listed.
Maybe there isn't a peer-review 'crisis,' at least in terms of quantity.
This Perspective article argues that universities should take action to support open scholarship that benefits society and to return to their core missions of knowledge dissemination, community engagement, and public good.
A community of scholar-led, not-for-profit presses, journals and other open access projects in the humanities and social sciences.
The New York Times Magazine story on Amy Cuddy brings up extremely important problems in science. But we cannot equate criticism with harassment.
Why we need a public data infrastructure of publishing costs.
Ahmadreza Djalali, a researcher in disaster medicine, has 20 days to appeal against his death sentence.
Figshare's annual report shows that open data has become more embedded in the research community: 82% of survey respondents are aware of open data sets and more researchers are curating their data for sharing.
Hindawi’s CEO, Paul Peters, explains the problems inherent in proprietary solutions for Open Science infrastructure and presents a proposal for how things can be done differently.
Organizers of a Monday conference on the Narragansett Bay were told three E.P.A. scientists would not be allowed to present their work.
In analyzing the marketplace of scholarly publishers and scientific workflow providers, a key strategic question is: Who owns Digital Science?
As a young social psychologist, she played by the rules and won big: an influential study, a viral TED talk, a prestigious job at Harvard. Then, suddenly, the rules changed.
Federal spending on science has dropped by half in 5 years.
Canadian Science Publishing's Mary Seligy provides a primer on standards, XML and JATS4R, which is driving improved reusability of scholarly content.
What can be done to preserve the monograph.
Repurposing continuous integration tools for scientific analyses takes the headache out of reproducible research.
How many scientists does it take to change the world?
Teaching scientists foundational computing skills.
