Academic publishing

Report urges academy to ‘embrace’ opportunities for wider research dissemination

Learned societies used to be seen as the guardians of academic prestige. They should act on that moral authority and reclaim their oversight of peer review, says Aileen Fyfe

Objections to co-authorship with juniors display a misguided sense of ethics, say Mark Hayter and Roger Watson

Taylor and Francis move to replace editor and withdraw his paper threatens ‘scientific integrity’, critics claim

Analysis of scholarly publishing’s ‘Napster’ shows that academics are not prepared to wait to access research

Technologist argues that artificial intelligence could make publishing decisions in milliseconds

Negotiators fail to reach a deal with Oxford University Press over transition to open access

Witnessing the work of military surgical teams in Afghanistan caused conflicting emotions in an academic author and a sense of the futility of war and of his own profession

System rewards academics whose work is used in teaching – but at potential bureaucracy cost

Summarising your journal paper effectively helps to ensure that it reaches the right audience

Most academics are keen to access other researchers’ material but a third are yet to share their own

Analysis of more than 700,000 biomedical texts reveals growing use of jargon

Issuing press releases without allowing access to the original research criticised by UK politicians

Code of conduct frames non-publication of unexpected results as an issue of research integrity

Analysis of co-authored journal papers details partnerships beyond EU

Advocates argue that universities should be prepared to ditch subscriptions altogether

Larissa Shamseer and David Moher have taken a close look at what it is that sets dodgy journals apart from the rest

Initiative will emulate Wellcome Trust’s publishing model, with European Commission set to follow

Founder of the Institute for Scientific Information passes away suddenly

But professor says Trump presidency might now provide ‘incentive’ for junior scholars to ask ‘important questions’

Neuroscientists argue proposal would improve reproducibility and get drugs to market more quickly

Publisher takes decision despite still having no deal agreed with German universities

Scholars and publishers assess some bold responses to the pressures on traditional formats

Editors of journals should face ‘negligence’ investigations over extensive delays, suggests a new paper

Ministry hopes to increase quality of doctorates

Poor monitoring in ‘second-tier’ institutions is also part of the problem, research indicates

Jeffrey Beall’s blacklist of predatory publishers has disappeared, and so too should ideas about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ journals, argues Martin Parker

Holly Else explores the emotional, reputational and practical barriers to correcting mistakes

Canadian institution makes move in bid to save C$1.5 million in fees

Universities need to adapt career paths to accommodate scientists who tap into different fields, says research

List creator to now pursue ‘new areas of research’

As talks with the publisher stall, researchers in the country weigh whether they can cope without a deal

Chances are you’ll get at least a bit of ‘spam dressed as lamb’ this Christmas

Jack Grove asks whether Father Christmas could learn from recent ‘Santa studies’ research

Many early career researchers have ‘not gone to the library for years’, according to report

Junior academics can access services without physically visiting premises, writes Holly Else

Latest EUA doctoral council chair says open science very much on his agenda for the role

Cross-subsidy scheme expected to increase publications

Researcher sent thousands of emails trying to get paper published

Lengthy titles of journal papers are a turn-off for fellow academics and lead to fewer citations, claims new analysis 

Open publishing platforms that bring grey literature out of the dark promise to save money, reduce duplication and speed communication

How did non-researchers end up with the power to determine the impact of academic work? asks Helen Lees

Research suggests low self-efficacy among graduate students increases writing anxiety

International linguists have decried a Hong Kong professor’s controversial claim that bias against non-native English speakers is ‘myth’ 

Survey reveals three quarters of academics have shared data despite widespread uncertainty

Nature’s new kid on the block is now the biggest journal in the world. But while such giants are currently overturning the world of scholarly publishing, their long-term future is unclear, says Stephen Pinfield

‘Unexpected’ twist occurred after a seven-year-old’s manuscript on bats was accepted by a pay-to-publish journal

A former laboratory manager claims he was fired from California State University, Northridge due to his religious beliefs

Publication fee chosen over submission fee to make charges fair

Academic journal editor-turned-lecturer Hilary Hamnett explains the most common reasons why papers are rejected

Validating antibodies used in experiments could ‘free up billions of research dollars’, head of standards institute says

Two men who spent time living as animals receive accolade

BioMed Central psychology journal will attempt to tackle publication bias by withholding research results from peer reviewers

Federally funded research will now come with an open access clause – but uncertainties remain

Peer reviews created by self-generated text machines are the latest threat to scientific integrity

Seeking feedback from the well networked is better than gaining comments from famous scholars, a conference hears

Idea is one of several ways to speed the peer review process, although some think it will annoy academics

New study looks at what happened when a university made its publications publicly available through an institutional repository

Women's submissions to a leading seminar were viewed more warmly once a gender-blind process was introduced