TagOpen science

Legacy publishing and open access: how to detect the true predator

Find out more about how some are labelling even legitimate open access journals as ‘predatory’.

Open access repositories are underreporting corrections and retractions. Discover how they can step up to pave the way for effective archiving.

Discover how efforts to promote open science through new metrics may conflict with initiatives to reform research assessment.

Get up to speed on why the general public struggle to understand preprint status.

Find out why measures to improve the credibility of preprints may be at odds with their core strengths.

As OA publishing increases, article processing charges can price authors out. Will OA mandates also lead to issues for publishers?

Learn about the unexpected drop in open access market share identified by Delta Think: what’s driving it, and will it continue?

Plans for a strategic 3-year partnership between the EQUATOR Network and Centre for Open Science.

Read about inequities in terms of which researchers benefit most from open access and what could be done to help.

How does Japan plan to make all publicly funded research free to read? The move to green open access begins with investing ¥10 billion.

As some aspects of the open science movement gain ground, recent data from UNESCO show a mixed outlook regarding its global impact.

Read about practical advice for trial sponsors on reporting clinical trials while protecting confidential information.

‘Pirate’ sites claim to increase access to scientific knowledge, but do they have the opposite effect?

Find out how this pooling of expertise could make it easier to access detailed information on retractions.