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Sustainability science is becoming increasingly collaborative and global, a recent report found, but researchers say cooperation between scientists from the North and…
- SciDev.Net
- June 2, 2016
Most governments and the scientific community in general aim to have a humane approach towards animals used in research. Therefore, it is important for authors to follow…
- Kakoli Majumder
- June 1, 2016
Europe’s Competitiveness Council has declared that all online research papers supported by public and public-private funding will be made freely accessible by the year…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- May 31, 2016
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To circumvent the delays that are inevitable in the journal publication process, scientists these days post preprints of their articles. What exactly are preprints? Why…
- Kakoli Majumder
- May 31, 2016
What was the academic publishing industry talking about in May 2016? We bring you a quick overview of some of the hot topics of discussion: data sharing, retractions,…
- Editage Insights
- May 31, 2016
Traditionally the province of rogue individuals, academic misconduct has entered a new era in which third parties are exploiting submission loopholes to manipulate the…
- Duncan MacRae
- May 31, 2016
Santa Cruz Biotechnology, a large biotech company and a major antibody provider, has been fined $3.5-million by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for violating…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- May 26, 2016
Retractions are central to academic publishing, but they have been too journal-centric and stereotyped. Therefore, researchers hesitate to disclose even honest errors in…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- May 25, 2016
As an author, you might be relieved once your paper receives a conditional acceptance. But what if the journal rejects the paper later, not because the revisions are not…
- Kakoli Majumder
- May 24, 2016
The Coalition for Responsible Publication Resources (CRPR) has received industry support and is one step closer to its mission to help preserve the integrity of the…
- Editage Insights
- May 24, 2016