All Publishing articles – Page 8
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NewsChina tops chemistry research ranking, leaving US in second place
Huge growth in high-quality research means China leads this year’s Nature ranking
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NewsStudy reveals which countries’ researchers work through their holidays
‘Culture of overwork’ a problem in many countries, researchers claim
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NewsAmerican scientific publishers panic over paywall policy rumours
The White House is apparently poised to force the immediate free distribution of scientific journal articles arising from federal funding
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NewsMale scientists more likely to blow their own trumpet when it comes to research
Analysis of 6 million papers finds male lead authors are up to 21% more likely to use language that casts findings as very significant compared with female ones
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NewsPredatory publishing definition aims to tackle scientific scourge
Lack of an agreed definition has been hampering efforts to take on fraudsters
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NewsWorking with a top scientist gives a junior researcher a boost that lasts a lifetime
Co-authoring with someone outstanding in their field increases the chance that a young scientist will become a leader too
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NewsSanctions imposed by research agency on Duke University lifted
University has met all commitments in plan agreed with National Institutes of Health
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NewsElsevier signs first major open access deal with a US university
Carnegie Mellon faculty and students will have access to Elsevier’s 3500 academic journals, and can publish their work open access at no extra charge
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NewsChina overtakes UK in list of highly cited researchers
More than 6000 influential scientists identified across 21 different fields
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News75% of European spending on scientific journals goes to ‘big five’ publishers
But only 56% of research is published by these top publishers
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NewsRSC report finds publishing pipeline hinders women
Peer reviewers were more likely to reject papers from female authors, especially if the reviewer was male
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NewsHow long do scientists spend formatting manuscripts for publication every year?
Study puts a number on the cost in time and money
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NewsIn a surprising twist it’s postdocs, not supervisors, who are responsible for PhDs’ research skills
Study tracked 336 graduate students for four years examining written work
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NewsDoes peer review make scientists use more cautious language?
Analysis of bioscience journals reveals peer review does introduce more discussion of studies’ limitations
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NewsScience really does advance one funeral at a time, study suggests
The death of a scientific superstar can open up a field
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NewsWorld Health Organization joins controversial open access Plan S
The Who becomes first UN agency to support the push for open access science publishing
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NewsChina and Japan join ChemRxiv partnership
ChemRxiv is now co-owned by the Chinese and Japanese chemical societies, and their journals will be added to the free preprint server soon
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NewsMistrust in scientific articles exacerbates researchers’ workloads
Survey shows 86% of researchers view at least some research outputs as untrustworthy, and they are taking extra measures to verify them
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NewsMixed reception for German open access deal with Springer Nature
Springer Nature has reached an open access publishing deal with 700 German research universities, but it faces some pushback
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NewsCrispr pioneer among University of California researchers boycotting Elsevier
Open letter to the journal publisher withholding editorial work has been signed by 31 members of the university