All Publishing articles – Page 16
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OpinionThe judgement of your peers
A bit of hindsight goes a long way in measuring scientific quality, says Mark Peplow
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NewsGoing for gold comes with cost
Parliamentary report concludes that the UK’s focus on gold open access may eat into research budgets
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NewsWith great blogging power… comes great responsibility
Revelations of suspected scientific malpractice have raised questions of just what role the online chemistry community should play in rooting out bad behaviour
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Half of all papers from 2011 are open access
Report’s author claims movement has reached a critical mass with nearly twice as many papers freely accessible as previously thought
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Opinion
DNA waves don't wash
Philip Ball asks why a spectacular claim seems to have been overlooked. Sometimes science doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to
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Business
GSK fires Chinese R&D head in data investigation
Company is retracting a 2010 study in which data were ‘misrepresented’
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RSC takes top UK business award
Society is commended for substantial growth in its overseas earnings
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NewsScience community urged to unite on open access
While many sticking points remain, these should not be allowed to derail changes to the publication of research in the UK, meeting told
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New publishing models test the water
Several new services have launched that deviate from the current publishing models
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Opinion
Safeguarding science against falsehood demands debate
Mathias Brust makes a plea for more debate in the scientific literature
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Opinion
Nullius in verba
Philip Ball asks how much of the published literature you should believe. Not much, by some accounts
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NewsWellcome Trust to enforce open access rules
UK charitable foundation will cut the grants of scientists who do not make their research freely available
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Finch report backs open access for UK
Country should embrace open access but there are warnings that universities could spend as much as £60 million extra a year on author fees
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OpinionThe knowledge economy
Simon Coles proposes an alternative approach to sharing scientific information. For what it’s worth…
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Opinion
Integrity begins at home
James Parry argues that safeguarding the integrity and quality of research is best achieved through cultural and not regulatory means
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Opinion
The tyranny of peer review
A less conservative approach would foster high-risk, high-return research, argues Sir John O'Reilly