Academics Denounce Trump's Executive Order on Immigration.

Letter from the Dutch State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science informing the House of Representatives of the progress made in the field of open science.

When a new grad student indicates an interest in an academic career, I ask, “So you want to be a Hollywood producer?”

What to expect when you are invited to talk about your work.

For those interested in knowing what is in the world around them, the current news is disgusting. All US Environmental Protection Agency grants have been frozen, and employees are being prohibited from discussing the changes or talking to the public.

How do you know where to publish your research? Can you be sure the publisher you submit to is reputable? Read our guidance on what to look for.

Academic life is particularly full of rank ordered lists, even if they are frequently not transparently available.

Discussing the Future of Academic Publishing.

Lecturer Rachel Moss on the casualties of a demanding academic culture.

Theme: Serving Society Through Science Policy.

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Researchers across Harvard received a record-high $842.5 million in grants in fiscal year 2016—but some say they are bracing for federal funding cuts under the Trump administration and seeking alternative sources of research support.

Empowering researchers to publish Open Access by bringing transparency to Article Processing Charges.

Two professors at the University of Washington want to teach students how to survive the avalanche of false or misleading data shaken loose by shifts in media, technology, and politics.

Data on cost of Access & APCs.

Collaborate with academic experts to increase the scientific impact of your work

Open Science efforts like arXiv and PLoS ONE should follow GitHub’s lead and embrace the social web.

10 recommendations from us to kick-start the New Year with an Open Science bang.

What does it mean to be a biohacker, and is this a new revolution for science?

Make peer review free (as in freely accessible, as well as cost-free) and open for all academics.

Choose the right journal for your research.

Impactstory's thoughts about Sci-Hub.

Some of the major mistakes early career researchers make when preparing and submitting a manuscript to a scientific journal.

The 21st International Conference on Electronic Publishing, 6 - 8 June, 2017, Limassol, Cyprus.

In a sweeping manifesto, researchers from the U.S. and Europe have proposed some fixes for vetting published science. It might help science journalism, too.

Research can produce good evidence to inform local, national and international policy that, in turn, has the potential to transform lives for the better. But influencing policy is neither easy nor automatic – you need to want to do it. To be successful, you need to be open to different ways of working. Here are 10 things you need to know.

Traditionally, at the beginning of the new year we celebrated what is known as Public Domain Day: on the first of January of any given year the works of authors who have been dead for more than 70 years enter the public domain. As this is a decisive year for copyright reform in the European Union, it seems much more important to highlight the dangers for the public domain that we are facing in the context of the copyright reform process.

A committment by a young researcher to practice open and good science, and more generally to free culture.

An exciting list of topics and concepts around the future of the paper.

Envisioning the scientific paper of the future.