A publishing giant goes after the authors of its journals’ papers ONCE upon a time, it was common for scientists to receive letters from researchers working in other institutions, asking for... Read more
Scientists like to think of science as self-correcting. To an alarming degree, it is not “I SEE a train wreck looming,” warned Daniel Kahneman, an eminent psychologist, in an open letter las... Read more
American Historical Association Says Scholars Should Lock Up Their Dissertations For Up To Six Years
For years, scientific research funded with tax dollars has been consigned to a sterile life locked up behind publishers’ paywalls. The argument is that paywall fees fund scholarship, a... Read more
“The important thing is that scientists themselves take on the challenge of building the central steering mechanism for science: its evaluation system.” In an editorial accompanying an... Read more
The Latest Streaming News: Free Online Research updated minute-by-minute The move reflects a groundswell of support for ”open access” publishing among academ... Read more
The faster science moves, the faster the world moves Almost every technological and medical innovation in the world has its roots in a scientific paper. Science drives much of the world’s in... Read more
When research is funded by the taxpayer or by charities, the results should be available to all without charge PUBLISHING obscure academic journals is that rare thing in the media industry:... Read more
“We are creating an early warning system for scientific breakthroughs,” The National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded Action Science Explorer (ASE) allows users to simulta... Read more