A working group aiming to advance scientific research and discovery, promote technology that assists the scientific and academic communities, and make research available worldwide for the good of all humanity.

Scientists are more concerned about the impact of sloppy science than outright scientific fraud.

A recently published study in Research Integrity and Peer Review, that surveyed 178 trainee doctors, finds that although peer review is perceived as an important means of quality control by this community, there is little value placed on being able to scrutinize peer review themselves.

Between August 2014 and September 2016, the Academic Book of the Future Project, initiated by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Library, explored the current and future status of the traditional academic monograph.

Authors from western, individualist cultures are more likely to use many self-citations than authors from more collectivist cultures.

1. Write for the intended audience.

A new way to access and consume science from your desktop using peer-to-peer technology.

Frontiers’ CEO, Kamila Markram, makes a case for why open science is the key to innovation, economic growth and solutions to a sustainable future.

Sci-Hub is not a search engine and it stores papers in its own repository.

Academic promotion panels must take into account a scholar’s presence in popular media.

Interview with Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of the site Sci-Hub.

There are probably much better reasons for creating a diverse team and organization than boosting creativity.

A global network for academic collaboration.

The recent long read about scientific publishing in the Guardian is fantastic. It depicts a very telling story of the research publishing landscape.

A time-limited exercise in which academics from many disciplines and from all over the world were brought together virtually to produce an academic article.

5–8 September 2017, Bern, Switzerland

Constructive criticism of the graphics of climate science.

When I started formally mentoring undergraduate and graduate students almost 2 years ago, I was excited about the opportunity to help young scientists grow, but I was also nervous about the responsibility.

Sci-Hub's management strategy.

As internship opportunities expand, doctoral candidates reap the benefits.

There are decades of lessons learnt and resources to build upon … where does the EOSCpilot project fit in?

We are delighted to announce the launch of our 2017 survey asking researchers about their use of and attitudes to data, and in particular open data. Take the survey.

How to make research open and participatory for anyone, anywhere.

A bit more than a month ago, I arrived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to spend my summer working with some of the wonderful data sets being collected at the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan and to enjoy the unique flair of a US college town (why does it smell like weed everywhere?)

The best idea humans have ever had.

The highest-earning academics aren’t necessarily those who do the most research.

Ignored, Scorned…Vindicated. The maverick scientists whose heretical ideas were ultimately proven correct.

Emmanuel Macron, President of France invites all responsable citizens to come to France in order to Make Our Planet Great Again and work on climate change.

Disruption isn’t the only approach.

Interviewing Dr David Savage.