Scientific Publishing

AAAS Launches Open-Access Journal

By Jocelyn Kaiser, David MalakoffFeb. 12, 2014

Publisher joins many other societies by launching an online-only journal that will be free to read
Alleging 'Malpractice' With Climate Skeptic Papers, Publisher Kills Journal

By Erik StokstadJan. 17, 2014

Editors dispute allegations of "nepotistic" reviews
The Secret Half-Lives of Scientific Papers

By John BohannonDec. 19, 2013

New survey finds it takes at least 2 years for many papers to reach one-half of their total downloads
Old Data Play Hard to Get, Study Finds

By Jennifer Couzin-FrankelDec. 19, 2013

Access to information easily lost
Scientists Ambivalent About Open Access

By Jocelyn KaiserNov. 29, 2013

Science's online survey finds that more researchers talk the talk than walk the walk
New Preprint Server Aims to Be Biologists' Answer to Physicists' arXiv

By Jocelyn KaiserNov. 12, 2013

Backers of bioRxiv from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory say biologists are ready to share raw manuscripts
Open-Access Group Sanctions Three Publishers After Science 'Sting'

By David MalakoffNov. 11, 2013

Review finds "lack of sufficient rigour in editorial processes"

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