All Publishing articles – Page 4
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NewsJournals to trial tool that automatically flags reproducibility and transparency issues in papers
Software aims to check a paper’s trustworthiness
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OpinionDonna Strickland: ‘My career goal was to get a PhD’
The Nobel prize-winning physicist on the joys of doing nothing, meeting the Pope and how her PhD completed her life’s goals
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NewsMaterials science journal withdraws 500 papers from fake conferences
Off-topic and nonsense articles in Materials Today: Proceedings may have come from conferences that never happened, created by paper mills to ‘launder’ publications
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NewsRoyal Society of Chemistry will make all its journals open access
All RSC journals will be free to read within five years
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NewsAI picks out fake science
Textual analysis tool flags manuscripts that may have come from paper mills
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NewsUnder pressure? Room temperature superconductivity paper retracted over data analysis
Questions over treatment of data led Nature to remove the paper over the authors’ objections
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OpinionAre elemental analysis guidelines appropriate?
The standard journal requirement of ±0.4% for carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen is not statistically sound
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OpinionKnocking down paywalls
President Biden’s surprise announcement ending paywalls for federally-funded research by 2026 has left publishers scrambling to respond
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NewsWhite House says federally-funded research papers must be open access from 2026
Biden administration’s policy change will see optional 12-month embargo period scrapped
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NewsBest-selling chemistry textbook is now free
New edition of John McMurry’s Organic Chemistry will be open access after author discovers copyright loophole
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NewsParenting takes a heavy toll on the careers of female academics in North America
Women more likely to report that caring for children has hurt their career than men
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CareersThe nickel crystal that catalysed collaboration
An apparent scooping turned into something much more valuable
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NewsSacked US professor given a year in prison for lying about his China links
An ex-electrical engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas sentenced for not disclosing the two dozen patents he filed in China
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NewsThe earlier a chemist wins the Nobel prize the longer they are likely to live
Study suggests chemistry laureates live longer but receive a smaller longevity benefit compared with physics and medicine laureates
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NewsAI-generated images could make it almost impossible to detect fake papers
Some researchers worry that deepfake technology could be a new threat to scientific integrity, but others think traditional image manipulation is here to stay
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NewsChemistry papers find themselves on the scrapheap quicker than physics ones
50-year-old physics papers are cited seven times more often than those in chemistry
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CareersBreak down barriers by explaining jargon
Journal publishers should do more to help researchers communicate clearly
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CareersPublish in English or perish
The dominance of English in science does not reflect the scientists behind research articles
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News800 crystallography-related papers appear to stem from one paper mill
Preprint reports questionable images in papers that are all from authors based at Chinese hospitals
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NewsReport calls for urgent action to tackle predatory publishers
Range of measures proposed to combat exploitation of academia