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This is a report of the 2nd Asian Science Editors' Conference and Workshop, organized by the Council of Asian Science Editors (CASE), in Hanoi, Vietnam, August 20-22,…
The winners of the 2015 Eureka Prizes were announced on August 26. The Australian Museum Eureka Prizes are annual awards that reward “excellence in the fields of…
Although most researchers agree that data sharing is the scientific ideal, there exists a general skepticism regarding making their data publicly accessible. Since…
Cyagen Biosciences Inc., a California-based contract a California-based contract research organization and cell culture product manufacturer is seemingly offering…
Dr. Robert Porter is the Editor-in-Chief of The Merck Manuals, one of the oldest and most widely used medical resources for medical professionals and consumers. Dr…
Donald Samulack, PhD (President, U.S. Operations, Cactus Communications and Editage) presented and launched an industry-wide call-to-action titled “Predatory Author…
Is reproducibility of research a mirage? Moments of ‘Eureka’ are frequently becoming isolated instances for lone researchers rather than for the entire science community…
On August 18, Springer announced that it has retracted 64 articles from 10 of its subscription-based journals after discovering that the reviews of these papers were…
Dr. Shinichiro Takezawa is the founder of Science Postprint (SPP), Asia’s first open access scholarly journal. Dr. Takezawa is also the CEO of the Japan-based company…
Two Californian universities, the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Southern California, are in a legal dispute over rights to the…