Publishing paper in top journal costs about $1,000, says study
Prestigious scientific journals are charging vastly more than the costs they incur for each article published, claims contested study
Prestigious scientific journals are charging vastly more than the costs they incur for each article published, claims contested study
Academics’ reading lists are increasingly directed by algorithms. But are the recommendation services of platforms such as Google Scholar, ResearchGate and Mendeley distorting science? And might AI...
Publishers warn that the pirate repository carries security risks, but critics say the threat is over-hyped to justify greater surveillance of researchers
Calculation by open access campaigners questions supposedly unnecessary spending by publishers on lobbying, marketing and executive pay
Alex Holcombe and Björn Brembs argue that if German institutions win their open-access battle with Elsevier, they will have lost the larger war (“Open access in Germany: the best DEAL is no deal”,...
With state intervention back in vogue, and publishers’ profit margins still sky-high, journals could be the next monopoly to come under scrutiny
An open access deal between German authors in journals published by Elsevier could be problematic, say Alex Holcombe and Björn Brembs
Brexit vote leads some European researchers to conclude joint bids with UK academics are now too risky