Most scientific literature is published in for-profit journals that rely on subscriptions and paywalls to turn a profit. But that trend has been shifting as various governments and funding agencies ...
Researchers in India fear they may have limited access to academic papers after an Indian court’s decision to block the pirate website Sci-Hub, which provides illegal access to millions of scholarly ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. After a thorough investigation into the matter, three researchers at ...
The “arsenic life” microbe came from Mono Lake, a highly alkaline, arsenic-rich body of water in California. Credit: Al Ungar/Shutterstock In the retraction notice, H. Holden Thorp, Science’s editor ...
A statistical analysis found that the number of fake journal articles being churned out by “paper mills” is doubling every year and a half. By Carl Zimmer For years, whistle-blowers have warned that ...
Danny Kingsley is a member of the National Open Science Taskforce, a Board member of FORCE11 (Future of Research Communications and eScholarship) and a member of the Royal Society Advisory Group on ...
Science, a top research journal, said there was no evidence of misconduct by researchers whose finding attracted heavy attention and scrutiny in social media’s early days. By Sarah Scoles Sarah Scoles ...