The controversies surrounding Sci-Hub touch on many hot-button topics in librarianship. This primer lays out multiple perspectives on the issues.

A report suggests that internal discord may tear apart the National Association of Science Writers, a near century-old professional journalism organization.

Discovery is the pathway to context. Context of an article is all about how research fits into increasingly complex domains, and using structured networks to decipher its value. With the power of the internet at our disposal, putting research in context should be of key importance in a world where there is ever more research being published that is impossible to manually filter.

Every research project financed by the SNSF between 2006 and 2015 has been compiled into an infographic.

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.

Marketing is you telling others about yourself. Public relations is having someone else tell others about you.

Following the approach for the datasets in 2013 and 2014, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) is making the publication costs spent in 2015 (esp. for Open Access) publically available.

A series of studies across countries and disciplines in higher education confirm that student evaluations of teaching (SET) are significantly correlated with instructor gender, with students regularly rating female instructors lower than male peers.

Duke University biologist Sheila Patek has faced criticism from lawmakers over her research into mantis shrimp and trap-jaw ants, with some calling her government-funded studies a waste of taxpayer money. But according to Patek, not only do her findings have important practical applications, but scientific inquiry is most fruitful when knowledge is sought for its own sake, not to justify budgets.

Over the years, the nation has looked toward different kinds of science for its salvation, and science fairs have changed with the times.

Climate Feedback, a scientist-led effort to “peer review” the world’s climate journalism, is closing in on its $30,000 crowdfunding target.

How many people are actually using Sci-Hub to download publications while they are in universities?

Three of my projects appeared last week on a senator's list of questionable research. Allow me to explain...

To put it simply, Elsevier have distorted the widely recognized concept of open access...

Check out Science Journal-- a digital science notebook to inspire kids and adults explore the world around them using sensors and data!

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…

Universities must continue to monitor and track the variety of associated spending related to journal publishing and access, argues Lorraine Estelle. Many universities are forecasting that their AP…

Google believes there's a scientist in all of us, so it's launching a new app that turns your phone into a powerful little research lab.

Podcast discussions with the innovators, iconoclasts, and entrepreneurs intent on creating change in science.

As part of our Event Data work we’ve been investigating where DOI resolutions come from.

The rate of foreign scientists and students has been for a long time identified as a key factor for innovation and economic competitiveness.

A two-day sprint event bringing together researchers, coders, librarians and the public from around the globe.

SSRN’s data actually represents the world of social science scholarship reasonably well.

Elsevier just bought SSRN. Here’s why you should be upset, and what we can do about it.

Why is it so frustrating and difficult to talk about scholarly-communication reform, and why do those conversations seem to involve virtually all members of the scholcomm ecosystem?

The world currently spends about €7.6 billion per year on subscriptions to academic journals according to one report. If all journal articles in the world were published in journals like PLOS One, we would spend €2.6 billion on publishing. Compared with today’s expenditures, humanity would save €5 billion every year.

When PLoS announced its data policy that all data should be made publicly available, everyone applauded. It was a big step toward an open science and data sharing.

Ever since Reagan and Thatcher made neoliberal ideas palatable to an unsuspecting public, concepts such as “New Public Management” or the more general notion that competition between in…

A look at Horizon 2020 in terms of monetary redistribution between Member States.

Top speakers announced at the next EuroScience Open Forum 2016, held in Manchester this summer (July 24-27).