News Archive

For the sake of science, it’s time to break ranks

Researchers call for a change in evaluation to recognise the importance of reproducibility.

Anja Krieger

News 26 Jul 2018

Early-career researchers herald change

The younger generation sees a collaborative system as key to discovery and advancement, a three-year tracking project reveals.

David Nicholas et al.*

Comment 25 Jul 2018

African scientists launch their own preprint server

The free, online outlet is one of a growing number for academics on the continent to share their work.

Smriti Mallapaty

News 25 Jun 2018

Microsoft’s purchase of GitHub leaves some scientists uneasy

They fear the online platform will become less open, but other researchers say the buyout could make GitHub more useful.

Andrew Silver

News 22 Jun 2018

Open-access model is a return to the origins of journal publishing

Until recently, many university and society journals operated at a loss, says Gavin Moodie.

Gavin Moodie

Comment 11 May 2018

Ten reasons to share your data

Making data available to the larger scientific community has many benefits.

Amanda S. Barnard

Comment 27 Apr 2018

Applied Physics Letters publishes ‘fewer, but better’ articles

Noted journal among several reducing article counts in a competitive market.

News 17 Apr 2018

It’s time for the US to get serious about funding open access

University of California libraries tackle the transition from subscription-based publishing to sustainable open access.

Rachael Samberg et al.

Comment 4 Apr 2018

‘Bronze’ open access supersedes green and gold

Publishers can deny access to the majority of open-access articles at their discretion.

Jon Brock

Explainer 12 Mar 2018

New tools track article buzz online

A new service allows researchers to access raw social media data.

Jeffrey Perkel

Technology feature 9 Mar 2018

Researchers coy about complete review transparency

Survey reveals reluctance to take open peer review to the limit.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 28 Feb 2018

Q&A John Ioannidis: Biomedicine warms to preprints

It’s wrong to dismiss preprint repositories as the junkyards of science, warns Ioannidis.

Q&A 13 Feb 2018

A fix for open-access cost barriers

What if it was funders and libraries instead of authors who paid processing fees?

Elie Dolgin

News 6 Dec 2017

The unexpected reason researchers choose open access

Open-access publishing held to the same standards as paid subscription journals.

Yojana Sharma

News 25 Oct 2017

Encouraging palaeontologists to stop hiding the bones

New preprint services could bring niche scientific communities into the open.

Ivy Shih

News 23 Aug 2017

Michael Sporn: A legacy of greater knowledge

For the love of discovery, a biochemist freely shared the research which laid the groundwork for widely-used drugs.

Elie Dolgin

10 Aug 2017

Keeping a lid on open science

Open science has made progress in China, but there is room for improvement.

Hepeng Jia

15 Jun 2017

Young researchers preach open access, yet many don't practice

Early-career researchers in the UK are less likely to choose open access over subscription journals.

Ivy Shih

News 22 May 2017

US supercomputer needs more people power

A large computing network that has helped design cancer drug candidates and search for extra-terrestrial life is struggling to maintain its volunteer network.

Ivy Shih

News 22 Feb 2017

I made my grant application public, here's why you should too

If funding applications were made under open access, science would benefit from more universal scrutiny.

Adrian Barnett

Comment 8 Dec 2016

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