China journal crackdown ‘a band-aid rather than a cure’

Chinese researchers worst affected as hundreds excluded from influential ranking because of ‘extreme’ level of authorship

12 November

National library chief Rebecca Lawrence will be replaced by interim head Jeremy Silver with immediate effect

4 November

All levels of scientific research must be transparent about where grants come from to avoid ‘manipulation and bias’, global science group says

28 October

‘Significant’ number of institutions predicted to drop deals with main scholarly imprints, leaving journal access much reduced

23 October

Major science organisation targets periodicals publishing too many papers or high proportion of brief articles