academic publishing

From typo-laden code in psychedelics research to paper mills and plagiarism, we look back on some of the most notable retractions in scientific publishing this year.

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.

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse

All members of the scientific community must commit to taking the risks needed to change how research is shared and evaluated.

The journal’s executive director speaks with The Scientist about what it hopes to accomplish with its unusual new publishing model.

The academic networking service ResearchGate was infringing on copyrights held by scientific publishers when it hosted manuscripts from their journals, the European court said, but the website will not have to pay damages.

The Scientist spoke with University of California, San Francisco, neuroscientist Eleanor Palser about her study’s finding that women, especially those working outside the US, are underrepresented in some areas of academic publishing.

Authors of papers published in JAMA and NEJM received millions in undisclosed payments in 2017, an analysis finds.

The plan’s signatories seek to make the results of their funded research available to all, but some scientists say the transition to open access has led to climbing publication fees and could exacerbate global disparities.

The editor-in-chief will step down this month following the release of a podcast in February that suggested systemic racism does not exist in medicine.

The move follows widespread criticism of the episode and its promotion, and the resignation of the podcast’s host.

A response to Ada Hagan’s opinion piece suggesting that our study “compromises response to gender bias.”

A recent analysis that claimed no evidence of gender-based peer review outcomes fails to account for several factors.

An analysis of data from nearly 150 journals across scientific disciplines finds that, if anything, manuscripts authored by women are treated more favorably than those submitted by men.

While some academics have called for compensation for assessing other scientists’ work, publishers haven’t warmed to the idea.

The open access publication will use AI to identify the most pressing manuscripts in need of peer review.

When submitting manuscripts to Western journals, authors face issues that go beyond language barriers.

Its articles will include negative results, reproducibility studies, and peer reviewers’ names.

The publisher failed to meet requests for better access to research, a consortium of Norwegian institutions says.