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Trainees Often Ghostwrite PIs’ Peer Reviews: Survey
Jef Akst | Nov 4, 2019 | 4 min read
Half of early-career researchers say they’d participated in the peer review process with their mentors without getting credit.
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.
Does Productivity Diminish Research Quality?
Anna Azvolinsky | Sep 28, 2016 | 3 min read
More papers correlate with top-cited research for more-established academics, but not newly minted professors, according to a study.
The Zombie Literature
Bob Grant | May 1, 2016 | 10 min read
Retractions are on the rise. But reams of flawed research papers persist in the scientific literature. Is it time to change the way papers are published?
Self Correction
Kerry Grens | Dec 1, 2015 | 7 min read
What to do when you realize your publication is fatally flawed
Debating the Value of Anonymity
Jef Akst | Oct 5, 2015 | 2 min read
PubPeer responds to criticism that anonymous post-publication peer review threatens the scientific process.
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.
Study: Short Headlines Get More Citations
Jef Akst | Aug 27, 2015 | 1 min read
Scientific journals that publish papers with snappier titles accrue more citations per paper, according to a report.
Keeping Science Pubs Clean
Jef Akst | Jun 29, 2015 | 2 min read
Science releases new guidelines for research transparency, hoping to stem the tide of retractions and misconduct.
Setting the Record Straight
Daniel Cossins | Oct 1, 2014 | 10+ min read
Scientists are taking to social media to challenge weak research, share replication attempts in real time, and counteract hype. Will this online discourse enrich the scientific process?
Simultaneous Release
Kerry Grens | Jun 1, 2014 | 7 min read
Coordinating the submission of manuscripts can strike a healthy balance between competition and collaboration.
Defending Against Plagiarism
Jonathan Bailey | Jun 1, 2013 | 3 min read
Publishers need to be proactive about detecting and deterring copied text.
Bring On the Transparency Index
Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky | Aug 1, 2012 | 3 min read
Grading journals on how well they share information with readers will help deliver accountability to an industry that often lacks it.
Predatory Publishing
Jeffrey Beall | Aug 1, 2012 | 4 min read
Overzealous open-access advocates are creating an exploitative environment, threatening the credibility of scholarly publishing.
UK Pushes Open Access
Jef Akst | Jul 16, 2012 | 1 min read
Starting in April 2013, research supported by the United Kingdom government must be made freely available within 6 months of publication.
All’s Not Fair in Science and Publishing
Frederick Southwick | Jul 1, 2012 | 5 min read
False credit for scientific discoveries threatens the success and pace of research.
UK Gov’t Supports Open Access Plan
Jef Akst | Jun 19, 2012 | 2 min read
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.
A Peer Review Revolution?
Jef Akst | Jan 24, 2012 | 2 min read
A new social network provides a novel forum for science publishing and peer review.
We're Back
Bob Grant | Oct 17, 2011 | 2 min read
The Scientist is back in business and will continue to bring you the latest news and greatest developments in the life sciences.