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.

The study, published in a peer-reviewed journal, has attracted widespread derision from researchers.

Transgender scientists are seeing some success in advocating for standards that allow authors to change their names on previous work.

Publishers’ efforts to reduce “leakage,” funder-driven open-access schemes, the growth of academic publishing in China, and more.

Licensing negotiations between libraries and publishers continued, a radical open-access plan made changes, and the flaws of some publishing tools and techniques came to light.

The scholarly publisher has announced several new licensing agreements in both Europe and the US—but some major academic groups are still without contracts and access to journals.

The publishing giant will likely survive the latest boycott by scientists. An overhaul is needed to make science publishing fair and open.

More than 30 professors will no longer serve on editorial boards of the journals unless Elsevier and the University of California can reach a contract.

The university and the publisher have been trying to forge a new licensing agreement for the last year.