Plan P: Can institutions facilitate open access? The plan could see institutions pay their academics’ article-processing charges more often. Dalmeet Singh Chawla News 8 Mar 2022
The blurred line of responsibility between research offices and libraries Problems can arise when boundaries are unclear. Dalmeet Singh Chawla News 25 Oct 2021
Australian institutions lag behind on open access adoption Plan forming for government to negotiate agreements directly with publishers, but with no nationwide policy, individual universities vary wildly. Dalmeet Singh Chawla News 12 Oct 2021
Q&A: Australia’s chief scientist proposes a centralized national plan for open access Cathy Foley says the country is in a good position to do things differently. Dalmeet Singh Chawla Q+A 12 Oct 2021
Equity concerns persist over open-access publishing Senior male researchers at prestigious institutions are the most likely to pay to publish open access, study suggests. Benjamin Plackett News 9 Mar 2021
Science family of journals announces change to open-access policy Subscription journals will let some Plan S funded researchers share accepted manuscripts under open licences. Richard Van Noorden News 27 Jan 2021
How is your discipline tracking in open peer review? Who’s more likely to share reviewer reports and identities – in 5 graphs. Gemma Conroy News 24 Jun 2020
Why digital badges don't work Turns out they're not enough incentive for researchers to share their data. Dalmeet Singh Chawla News 18 Mar 2020
Open software means kinder science Its transformative power has improved my ability to analyze data and collaborate with other researchers. Julia Stewart Lowndes News 6 Jan 2020
Confidence in scientists is on the rise in the US, Pew survey finds It’s now up there with confidence in the military. Bec Crew Dataviz 13 Aug 2019
10 key insights from the first research scorecards for G20 countries Australia shines; the US, not so much. Bec Crew Dataviz 19 Jul 2019
University of California’s showdown with Elsevier aims to change scholarly publishing for good The high-stakes standoff that the world's universities are watching. MacKenzie Smith 18 Jul 2019
A “petting zoo for code” makes studies easier to reproduce A new tool helps users to compose, compute and publish reproducible articles. Jeffrey M. Perkel Technology feature 18 Jun 2019
"A love letter to your future self": What scientists need to know about FAIR data Following these guiding principles for sharing data can help researchers get ahead. Jon Brock NI 360 11 Feb 2019
What bioRxiv’s first 30,000 preprints reveal about biologists More than 1 million studies are now downloaded from the site every month, mostly in neuroscience, bioinformatics and genomics. Joshua Rapp Learn 24 Jan 2019
In a race for mentions, it’s open season on researchers The growing clamour for open access results makes scientists vulnerable, say Alexandra Lippman and Christopher Kelty. Alexandra Lippman and Christopher Kelty Comment 18 Jan 2019
The right tools to empower researchers Too many tools used to promote accountability benefit research managers and for-profit companies at the expense of individual researchers. J. Britt Holbrook Comment 11 Oct 2018
Open framework tackles backwards science Good news for grackles Jeffrey M. Perkel Technology feature 6 Sep 2018
Could blockchain unblock science? The technology has potential to solve some transparency problems, but there are many obstacles to clear first. Jon Brock Comment 29 Aug 2018
How freely should scientists share their data? The Open Science movement champions transparency, but how much and how quickly is a matter of dispute. Daniel Barron News 16 Aug 2018