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Opinion: Pay-to-Play Publishing
Kailash Gupta
| Sep 3, 2015
| 3 min read
Online scientific journals are sacrificing the quality of research articles to make a buck.
Opinion: The Promise and Plight of Open Data
Ilias Berberi and Dominique Roche
| Dec 1, 2022
| 4 min read
Open science serves to make the research process more transparent. But we are still waiting to realize the fruits of open-data policies at scientific journals.
Opinion: Publish Negative Results
Gabriella Anderson, Bjorn R Olsen, and Haiko Sprott
| Jan 15, 2013
| 3 min read
Non-confirmatory or “negative” results are not worthless.
Opinion: In Publishing, Don’t Make the Perfect the Enemy of the Good
Hilal A. Lashuel
| Nov 10, 2022
| 5 min read
All members of the scientific community must commit to taking the risks needed to change how research is shared and evaluated.
Opinion: The Impact Factor, Re-envisioned
Shibo Jiang, Haoyang Li, and Yan Wang
| Nov 18, 2016
| 5 min read
A combination of the traditional metric and the newer h5 index potentiates the scientific community toward more-balanced evaluation.
Citations Are the Currency of Science
Sibrandes Poppema
| Dec 1, 2020
| 4 min read
Then there are the counterfeiters.
Opinion: Reviewing Reviewers
David Cameron Duffy
| Jul 19, 2013
| 3 min read
Science needs a standard way to evaluate and reward journal reviewers.
Opinion: The Rise of Preprints Is No Cause for Alarm
Jonny Coates
| Apr 14, 2021
| 4 min read
At a time of fast-paced science and rampant misinformation, can we trust the non–peer-reviewed literature?
Opinion: Boycotting Elsevier Is Not Enough
Shaun Khoo
| Oct 22, 2019
| 4 min read
The publishing giant will likely survive the latest boycott by scientists. An overhaul is needed to make science publishing fair and open.
Opinion: Academic Waste
Linda Feighery
| Oct 17, 2013
| 3 min read
From funding to publishing, academic research needlessly burns through time and money.
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