APCs are priced to reflect what the market will bear, which may or may not having anything to do with actual cost, since the “journal’s editorial and technical processes” are only one factor in the overall pricing.

Sites like Patreon and Kickstarter allow backers to fund independent scholars, but for now, the sums are small.

The Brexit referendum was not fought on evidence but on prejudice around immigration, Glover says.

Problems of modern society demand collaborative research.

China has lessons for the world when it comes to overseeing ethically sensitive research in the life sciences, argue Douglas Sipp and Duanqing Pei.

Sexism, racism and other forms of discrimination are being built into the machine-learning algorithms that underlie the technology behind many “intelligent” systems that shape how we are categorized and advertised to.

Politicians in the UK and EU are going to need every available foundation on which to rebuild trust and mutual interests.

Can scientists who commit research fraud be rehabilitated? One program is trying to keep ex-fraudsters from falling off the wagon.

Focus on bridge-building, open the science cloud, clarify the rules – these are among the steps that the EU should now take to turn the UK’s departure from disaster to opportunity.

Even the best-case scenario for a UK withdrawal from the EU would be hugely disruptive, both domestically and across the continent, says Peter Fisch.

Danish academic says that building a knowledge economy is no longer a ‘dominant wish’ for country leaders.

John Holdren sets longevity record and touts 100 accomplishments by the president

Research capacity has grown rapidly, and now quality is on the rise.

Pooling clinical details helps doctors to diagnose rare diseases — but more sharing is needed.

Giving female scholars one-off sums to ‘compensate’ for the pay gap rewards biology rather than merit, argues Joanna Williams

Funding for British research and innovation is only one reason.

From ancient DNA to neutrinos and neuroscience, top researchers in China are making big impacts — and raising their country’s standing in science.

A homeopathy journal was recently booted from the list of respectable scientific titles — but why was it among the ranks in the first place?

Gender and race bias aren't the only ways humans subconsciously skew which science projects get funded and published. Various types of implicit bias can undermine important research.

Pressure to publish short articles removes details, leaves readers confused.

The result of next week’s crucial UK referendum on whether or not to remain in the European Union will have worldwide repercussions.

The result of next week’s crucial UK referendum on whether or not to remain in the European Union will have worldwide repercussions.

As a long-term champion of open-access research data on pandemic viruses and a member of the Italian Parliament, I urge Brazil to hasten the reform of its current biosecurity legislation. This would enable sharing of vital Zika virus samples and information, as recently called for by the World Health Organization…

Universities and colleges should stop using the quantity of published articles as a measure of academic performance. Researchers and respectable journals should not cite articles from predatory journals, and academic library databases should exclude metadata for such publications.

More than 500 million people and 28 nations make up the European Union. It will lose one of its richest, most populous members, if the United Kingdom votes to leave on 23 June. Ahead of a possible ‘Brexit’, Nature examines five core ways that the EU shapes the course of research.

The sharing of research results, the free circulation of knowledge, and transparency in methodology are key tenets to the scientific method.

It is remarkable that the sharing of academic research was the genesis of the modern web, yet today remains one of the last bastions of non-free content on the web.

To be a top performer you need to be happy – something academics tend to forget.

Jerome Ravetz has been one of the UK’s foremost philosophers of science for more than 50 years. Here, he reflects on the troubles facing contemporary science. He argues that the roots of science’s crisis have been ignored for too long. Quality control has failed to keep pace with the growth of science.

Science appears to be in something of an evolutionary cul-de-sac, mired in poor methodology and misguided objectives that have changed only for the worse.