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Survey also reveals citations have little influence over the content of a paper, raising questions over citation metrics
Robert-Jan Smits attempts to allay concerns of junior academics considering moving country because of planned publishing shift
Academic at Thompson Rivers University was banned from campus after revealing his colleagues’ wide use of predatory journals
Emergence of lingua franca in science should not lead to other languages being neglected in teaching, conference hears
Which is the better option when it comes to running academic journals – the professional editor or the academic one? Rachael Pells analyses the pros and cons of each
A survey reveals readers’ opinions on whether professional editors or active researchers should be responsible for academic editing
If you want your manuscript to be accepted, pepper it with formulaic neologisms, irrelevant but impressive references and suitably indented vulgarity, advises Janelle Ward
Organisation joins Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in signing up to the Plan S open-access initiative
Plan S task force leader suggests developed nations could contribute towards article processing charges in poorer sectors
Members say professional organisations dependent on income from subscription-model journals face ‘existential’ threat from landmark open access policy
Open-access agreement’s founder says enthusiastic response has already increased ambition
New international publishing figures confirm China has overtaken US and leading European countries, ahead of schedule
Academia’s exacting standards on attribution are spot on. It is their inconsistent implementation that is the problem, says David Sanders
The elaborate prank that saw spoof papers accepted by social science journals reveals more about the hoaxers’ politics than the shortcomings of ‘grievance studies’, says Alison Phipps
The research excellence framework’s reliance on hasty peer review by generalists limits sample size and accuracy, three academics argue
Study finds further evidence to suggest peer review process riddled with gender and racial bias
Libraries worry that they could be caught up in a drive to force platforms like YouTube to share their profits with creators
Analysis shows thousands of researchers publish the equivalent of one paper every five days, but their involvement is often limited
European funders’ beefed-up open access mandate sounds the death knell for subscription publishing, but academic Armageddon is no closer, says Lenny Teytelman
European funders’ shift away from subscription journals raises questions over the outlook for prestigious periodicals
All research funded by participating public bodies across Europe must be made freely and openly available to read and download, agency heads say
Publisher says divestment from Prometheus was taken for commercial reasons
Growing pressure to publish only in elite tier ignores the vital importance of lesser-ranked titles to academia and society, says Adam Graycar
Review of Higher Education says it cannot cope with significant increase in number of articles offered
As Elsevier buys another academic workflow company, some worry about potential for publishers to ‘lock in’ scholars to their services
Matthew Reisz meets Andrea Pető, recent recipient of the Madame de Staël prize, a scholar at Hungary’s Central European University whose feminist probing into the dark corners of Hungary’s past is provoking strong reactions in the ‘illiberal democracy’
Study offers further insight into the persistent trend for women to be cited less frequently than men
Magdalena Skipper lists dedication to high-quality, reproducible science and greater transparency in decision-making as priorities
European Research Council says move is to support open access and get round often lengthy publishing process
No sign of breakthrough as boycott yet to have significant impact on publisher
Investigation discovers 400,000 researchers worldwide have used ‘pseudoscientific’ journals
Proposals to extend open access requirements to include all long-form works beyond REF 2021 divide opinion
Publisher says it remains ‘committed’ to striking a deal, but question mark hangs over institutions’ continuing access
Nobel laureates call for early career researchers to be freed from ‘publish or perish’ mentality
Submissions will be published alongside reviewers’ comments and author responses
Study suggests pure science disciplines may have more of a problem with citations that are not actually giving the thumbs up to other studies
Up to 90 per cent of reviewers unable to guess authors of papers in experiment
While majority of outputs now meet requirements, some institutions and disciplines are doing better than others
Average spending has increased by 19 per cent in four years, Freedom of Information requests reveal
Institutions themselves could create their own megajournals in response, report from European universities suggests
Scholarly body warns mandate could ‘undermine the UK’s place in the global research community’
LSE Press becomes latest open-access platform launched by universities in response to industry shift towards online publishing methods
Sector’s move follows similar rows in France and Germany
Convincing universities to divest from fossil fuels and use only green energy is a better strategy, says Thomas Smith
Boycott comes as Springer Nature reveals to investors how it uses brand and impact factor to charge academics ‘premium’ prices
Objections to the suppression of ‘sensitive’ articles should not be based on outmoded claims about consumption, says Michel Hockx
While one group of publishers takes academic network to court over copyright, another strikes deal
NAS calls for US lawmakers to bring change also brings warning that crisis talk may ultimately ‘stifle frontier discoveries’
Reluctance to shame those who breach editorial ethics has dented confidence in research integrity, argue Adam Cox, Russell Craig and Dennis Tourish
‘No more direct access to Springer’s latest papers? No problem,’ says petition, signed by nearly 4,000
Concerns over cost and impact of proposals can be overcome, say scholars
A switch to open access could save hundreds of millions of euros, says analysis from the European University Association
Battle between publishers and academic social network deadlocked
Clarivate promises to ‘scale up’ Kopernio, which automatically detects researchers’ subscriptions and directs them to open access alternatives if necessary
Research institutions, first in Germany and now in France, are finding that publishers do not cut off access to journals – even when they stop paying
Study sparks fresh debate about value added by commercial publishers, but has attracted some criticism
US-based ARTiFACTS system is claimed to be first ‘fully functional’ blockchain-based system for recording research process
Revised edition reignites debate about value of journal ratings in academia
Despite some progress, researchers are still reluctant to switch journals because of fears it could hinder their careers
Wellcome Trust and UK Research & Innovation launch reviews of policies that require funded papers to be made freely available
