A new book by actor Alan Alda is all about communication — and miscommunication — between doctors, scientists and civilians.

Private firm says its watchlist of untrustworthy journals will be objective and transparent — but not free.

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This feature enables users to update the record’s files after they have been made public and researchers to easily cite either specific versions of a record or to cite, via a top-level DOI, all the versions of a record.

Nature will publish more details on experiments described in life-sciences papers.

Thousands of open access papers have mistakenly asked readers to pay access fees, but publishers are correcting the errors.

Race-blind reviews very difficult and may not help, researchers say

Horizon 2020 found to be meeting its objectives, but is underfunded

A few years back, scientists at the biotechnology company Amgen set out to replicate 53 landmark studies that argued for new approaches to treat cancers using both existing and new molecules. They were able to replicate the findings of the original research only 11 percent of the time.

Papers with female first authors receive 10% fewer citations than comparable work published by men, according to a new study

Confidential feedback from many interacting reviewers can help editors make better, quicker decisions.

Containerization technology takes the hassle out of setting up software and can boost the reproducibility of data-driven research.

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They act as a “social vaccine” that protects female students against negative stereotypes and gives them a sense of belonging.

Good looking, sociable people don’t make good scientists, according to popular stereotypes.

Globe-trotting scientists are surprisingly hard to track, but data from ORCID provide a window into their movements.