All journals articles – Page 5
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News5000 German scientists have published in predatory journals
Exposé discovers academics from all walks of life have had work in suspect publications
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News35,000 papers in the biomedical literature might need retracting
Analysis of sample of journals suggests 0.4% of papers may have problematic images
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NewsWhat drives scientists to publish their work before peer review?
Study reveals that preprints are a force to be reckoned with but fears of being scooped linger on
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NewsPutting a price on Europe’s spending on scientific journals
Analysis comes as consortia of institutes revolt over price increases and open access across the continent
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NewsBlockchain to help scholarly publishing fight fraud
Platform can time-stamp data to authenticate research
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NewsA picture speaks a thousand words in new scientific journal
Illustrations will explain the latest research in an accessible way
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NewsElsevier declines to cut off German universities that cancelled journal subs
Efforts to reach a deal between the publishing giant and 200 institutions protesting prices continue after January deadline passes
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OpinionAcademic versus predator
Researchers must halt the rise of predatory journals by cutting off their supply of papers
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NewsMost scientific editors still come from US or UK
Lack of international representation on scientific journals’ editorial boards has persisted since 1985
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NewsResearch papers are becoming less readable
Call for journals to check the clarity of texts before they are published
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NewsTop biomed researchers caught out by predatory journals
Majority of articles appearing in exploitative biomedical journals hail from mid or high income nations, and the situation is likely to be similar in chemistry
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NewsAmerican Chemical Society demands $4.8 million in damages from Sci-Hub
Bizarre spat over naming of parasitic wasp sees Russian users blocked from Sci-Hub as ACS seeks to get Sci-Hub delisted by web search engines
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NewsPreprint servers making waves in chemistry community
Chemists are finally getting a preprint server of their own, but the idea is still contentious
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NewsAmerican Chemical Society files lawsuit against pirate site
Society complaint alleges copyright infringement and spoofing of its website
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NewsIndia still outside chemistry's ‘big league’
Analysis finds China is leaving India behind when it comes to papers in top chemistry journals
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NewsChemistry journals come up short on safety
Only 8% of journals surveyed address safety in author guidelines and potentially dangerous work often includes no warnings
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NewsEU leaders agree ambitious 2020 open access target
A group of science ministers from member states say all new papers published by 2020 should be open access
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OpinionThe illusion of self-correction
Ferric Fang and Arturo Casadevall ask how science deals with alleged research misconduct