US-based academic publisher eager for digital expertise of London counterpart, but outsiders express concern about growing commercial control of scholarly communication
For a successful transition to open access, we must respect the needs and requirements for different types of output and disciplines, says Rhodri Jackson
Publishers warn that the pirate repository carries security risks, but critics say the threat is over-hyped to justify greater surveillance of researchers
The holy grail of a business model for open access monographs that works at scale for publishers, libraries and scholars is close, says Martin Paul Eve
Australian analysis finds acronym use has multiplied tenfold in abstracts, with 94 per cent of 17,500 possible three-letter combinations used at least once
Unequal childcare burden blamed for fall in share of published research by women since schools shut, but funding bodies look to alleviate career impact
Using critical comments about a preprint, Bild launched a front-page attack on Christian Drosten. Scientists fear this will chill academic discussion of preliminary results
With insights from a variety of fields potentially useful in the fight against coronavirus, some French academics are arguing for more research and data to be made publicly available