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How Wikimedia Helped Authors Make over 3000 Articles Green Open Access

How Wikimedia Helped Authors Make over 3000 Articles Green Open Access

Michele Marchetto of Wikimedia Italia shares the story of how they helped authors to make their open access articles more widely available.

Trashing Science in Government Grants Isn’t Normal

Trashing Science in Government Grants Isn’t Normal

The Case of the EPA, John Konkus, and Climate Change.

Authorship Revised: Alternatives to Traditional Authorship

Authorship Revised: Alternatives to Traditional Authorship

The author line provides no adequate information on the qualitative contribution of the single persons listed.

How A Data Visualization Of Sperm Led To A Scientific Breakthrough

How A Data Visualization Of Sperm Led To A Scientific Breakthrough

Two scientists set out to animate how sperm moves. They ended up making a major discovery.

Lessons from History for the Future of Work

Lessons from History for the Future of Work

Global comparisons of previous social and economic upheavals suggest that what is to come depends on where you are now, argues Robert C. Allen.

Philanthropists Are Getting Behind a New Push for Government Science Funding

Philanthropists Are Getting Behind a New Push for Government Science Funding

Philanthropy’s no replacement for crucial government science funding, but that message can get lost amid the high-profile gifts. Some science funders are now backing a push to protect federal funding.

Scientists in the Lurch After Imprecise MHRD Notice About 'Paid Journals'

Scientists in the Lurch After Imprecise MHRD Notice About 'Paid Journals'

A "completely confusing statement" in a gazette notification has scientists wondering which of their papers will and won't be considered towards their promotions in the future.

A Very Quick Intro to Blockchain and Open Scholarship

A Very Quick Intro to Blockchain and Open Scholarship

Everybody talks about Blockchain these days, but why should we consider this technology when thinking about Open Scholarship?

Publons New Index Reveals Who is Doing Lion's Share of Peer Review

Publons New Index Reveals Who is Doing Lion's Share of Peer Review

Publons new Review Distribution Index reveals that a small proportion of reviewers do the lion's share of the peer review.

Mobility Principle Crucial to Keeping EU Funding

Mobility Principle Crucial to Keeping EU Funding

British researchers funded under Horizon 2020 will lose their grants if the UK stops allowing freedom of movement at any point during the length of their projects.

Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity

Jussieu Call for Open Science and Bibliodiversity

A call on research organizations and their libraries to secure and earmark a share of their acquisition budgets to support the development of scientific publishing activities.

ResearchGate and Springer Nature Plan Cooperation

ResearchGate and Springer Nature Plan Cooperation

ResearchGate and Springer Nature have been in serious discussions for some time about finding solutions to sharing scientific journal articles online, while at the same time protecting intellectual property rights.