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From 2017 onward, any new articles accepted for publication within ACS peer-reviewed journals that are submitted by a Corresponding Author affiliated with a Dutch university or other participating research institution will be published open access, without extra fees to the author.
Peer review is the primary mechanism for ensuring the integrity of the published literature; however, it is a human system with all of a human's fallibilities. Here Daniel Shanahan asks whether we could use text mining to automate some aspects of the peer review process to address some of its limitations, and introduces a new pilot to evaluate the software.
Scientists, journal editors, and funders of research are talking about a once-heretical idea: preprint publishing for biologists.
All scientific articles in Europe must be freely accessible as of 2020. EU member states want to achieve optimal reuse of research data. They are also looking into a European visa for foreign start-up founders.
Observers are skeptical goal can be achieved
Nick Hillman offers academics advice on managing expectations and ensuring that their research has a big impact
Over the years, the nation has looked toward different kinds of science for its salvation, and science fairs have changed with the times.
Using the “#arseniclife” controversy as a case study, we examine the roles of blogs and Twitter in post-publication review.
Biochemist and former director of NIH’s basic research institute has long been involved in science policy
Three of my projects appeared last week on a senator's list of questionable research. Allow me to explain...
Overtime pay for postdoctoral scientists is welcome — but could mean fewer positions.
Climate Feedback, a scientist-led effort to “peer review” the world’s climate journalism, is closing in on its $30,000 crowdfunding target.
Marketing is you telling others about yourself. Public relations is having someone else tell others about you.
Survey sheds light on the ‘crisis’ rocking research.
There are better solutions to the “reproducibility crisis” in research
What does it take to get ordinary people to fund your science? This is the third in a series of posts that will explore the brave new world of scientific crowdfunding from the inside.
To put it simply, Elsevier have distorted the widely recognized concept of open access...
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Results of the 357 total responses collected at the ASAPbio conference.
Another day, another puff-piece from academic publishers about how awesome they are. This time, the Publisher’s Association somehow suckered the Guardian into giving them a credible-looking p…
Being open about failure is one thing, but we must also look at how we define success, says Shahidha Bari
Revisiting the past can help to inform ideas of the present: science without consensus would be chaos. But the price of consensus is eternal vigilance against complacency, and a willingness to contemplate the road otherwise not travelled.
Podcast discussions with the innovators, iconoclasts, and entrepreneurs intent on creating change in science.
