Journals study raps snobbery
Quality of an academic paper counts for more than the prestige of the publication in which it appears, says a study that raises questions about RAE and metrics criteria. Jessica Shepherd reports It...
Quality of an academic paper counts for more than the prestige of the publication in which it appears, says a study that raises questions about RAE and metrics criteria. Jessica Shepherd reports It...
The open access journal eLife has launched a new type of article that will allow authors to report significant additions to their original research.
Librarians and scholars who have been setting up non-commercial alternatives to high-priced journals say more academics need to join the fight to achieve a more balanced marketplace. In recent years...
Readers show a taste for the UK’s REF as normality returns after pandemic
Sussex historian Joanne Paul said she felt she ‘had not been taken seriously’ after reading sexist review of her work
PRAGUE George Soros's Internet Project has given a new lease of life to post communist Europe's only pan-regional journal of social and political analysis, Transitions. Transitions Online was...
Kam Patel explores ambitious plans for a research journal on the internet One of the most ambitious schemes yet dreamt up to place academics worldwide at the heart of electronic communication has...
Nobel laureate Randy Schekman has pledged to stop publishing in “luxury journals”, which he believes contribute to the “disfigurement” of science.
Plos puts warnings on almost 50 papers after alleged reuse of ethical approvals, undeclared conflicts of interest and publication rates equivalent to an article every three days
Coalition of academics, publishers and funders rejects metric ‘obsession’
High price of journals 'placing strain on acceptance' of division of labour between researchers and publishers, says professor
John Ross honoured at prestigious national ceremony for his work examining the sector’s relationship with Australia’s main political parties
Taylor and Francis move to replace editor and withdraw his paper threatens ‘scientific integrity’, critics claim
eLife editor says radical shift would help readers judge the real value of research, not just where it is published
Pushed by Covid, academic authors see rare need to offer political voice