Read the full story at Science|Business. The European Commission and a group of national research funders have laid out a controversial and perhaps precedent-setting plan
Category: Scientific publishing
Hundreds of Researchers From Harvard, Yale and Stanford Were Published in Fake Academic Journals
Read the full story at Motherboard. In the so-called “post-truth era,” science seems like one of the last bastions of objective knowledge, but what if
Dutch publishing giant cuts off researchers in Germany and Sweden
Read the full story from Nature. Elsevier last week stopped thousands of scientists in Germany from reading its recent journal articles, as a row escalates
UN Food and Agriculture Organization launches Open Access for all publications
As of today, FAO will implement an Open Access policy, enabling maximal reach and ease of use for FAO knowledge products. FAO has been disseminating
Hated Science Publisher Elsevier To Help EU Monitor Open Science – Including Open Access
Read the full post at TechDirt. Techdirt has written many stories about the publisher Elsevier. They have all been pretty negative: the company seems determined to
PLOS announces new website for peer reviewers
Read the full story from AAAS. Peer review is vital to scientific publishing, yet is often not formally taught. In support of its global peer
