China Rewards Scientists for Achievement and Innovation
The Chinese government hosts an annual science and innovation awards ceremony. This year, the ceremony was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The ceremony honors…
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Elsevier Upgrades With Plum Analytics and Quertle
Traditional ways of assessing the usefulness of published work relies on citation counts and impact factors. Plum Analytics was founded to expand the way we assess research impact.…
Kudos for Your Research
Kudos is an online platform focused on helping you make your research more accessible to the public. Kudos lets you track the impact of your efforts on how often your paper is…
Trexit: Immigration Ban Stifles Science & Research
President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order concerning immigration and refugees. For the next 90 days, citizens of Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen will…
Max Planck and Taylor and Francis Agreement Removes Open Access Barrier
A new agreement between the Max Planck Digital Library and the Taylor and Francis Group is set to have a significant impact on the open access landscape. Research emanating from…
Researchfish & F1000 Aim to Improve Research Evaluation
Researchfish was born out of the need to accurately quantify and assess the impact of research that had been supported by grant funding. Originally conceptualized for the United…
ArXiv Next Generation – The Upgrade Plan
ArXiv is an open access repository maintained by the Cornell University Library. Articles deposited in arXiv are subject to moderation by more than 150 subject experts who…
Boycott of Elsevier Journals: Can New Ideas Reduce the Cost for Scientific Publications?
Recently, researchers in Germany, Peru, and Taiwan found themselves without access to many online scientific journals. Negotiations with Elsevier, a major scientific journal…
Predicting the Future of Research
Publications, by their very nature, represent the end of a cycle of research. A set of scientists pose a research question, do some experiments, and arrive at an answer to their…
Gates Foundation Accelerating Open Access
Traditionally, academic research frequently existed behind a paywall. This meant that in order to access journal articles, a researcher would have to pay to rent or download an…
The PubPub Is Open! Collaborative Publishing for All
PubPub is an open collaborative publishing tool devised by three Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate students: Travis Rich, Thariq Shihipar, and David Moinina…
Center for Open Science: Will It Disrupt Subscription-Based Publishing?
Academic publishing is still largely the domain of traditional academic journals. Academics understand the impact of their work when published in an established and prestigious…