The UK government releases its recommendation that open access be “the main vehicle for the publication of research,” though it warns of the costs that could entail.
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A journal editor is let go because she resisted advocacy statements in the published literature, prompting several board members to quit in her defense.
An open-access journal with an all-you-can-publish fee structure announces its launch.
A petition asking for online, readable publication of all government-funded research is making its way to the White House.
Major pharmaceutical companies have agreed to a handful of recommendations aimed at increasing the transparency of clinical trials they fund.
Retractions of scientific studies due to plagiarism, falsification, and other instances of researchers behaving badly have skyrocketed in the past decade.
Editor-in-chief Alberts plans to leave Science next March, after high-profile 5-year tenure.
A lack of methodological detail in the published literature threatens the foundation of scientific discourse.
The United Kingdom government hatches a plan to provide free public access to government-funded research.
From accounts of deformed animals to scratch-and-sniff technology, Robert Boyle's early contributions to the Royal Society of London were prolific and wide ranging.
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