How can we maximise the impact of scientific conferences?
Learn how the scientific community can boost the impact of conference presentations by utilising online platforms and social media.
Catch up with the OASPA 2020 Conference: recordings available
Find out more about what was covered at this year’s online conference of the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA).
Meeting report: summary of session 1 of the 8th EMWA Symposium
Missed the meeting? Read our report on the symposium entitled “Research integrity & the medical communicator: what we do when no one is watching.”
How research can be shared effectively to advance science: insights from the Center for Open Science
David Mellor from the Center for Open Science explains how the company is supporting and facilitating the open science movement.
Researchers call for better adoption of open science in COVID-19 research
Researchers identify flaws in current COVID-19 research and publication processes, and provide solutions using Open Science principles
As science looks to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to publish with transparency, speed and openness is ever greater
The increasing range of publication choices and demand for open access are explored in this sponsored article from Taylor & Francis Group.
Journal open access cost breakdowns will be needed for cOAlition S support
From 2022, journals will need to follow cOAlition S price transparency requirements to get paid. Find out more about the frameworks and potential benefits here.
Bibliodiversity: what is it and why is it important?
Find out more about the principles of the Jussieu Call, which aims to promote bibliodiversity alongside open access in scientific publishing.
Are attitudes becoming more supportive of open science?
The latest State of Open Data survey results show changing trends in researchers’ attitudes towards the use of open data.
COVID-19 stimulates innovations in open science and publishing
Scientific publishing is adapting to make research on COVID-19 and coronaviruses freely and rapidly available to all. But does the crisis highlight an opportunity for more fundamental reform?
The TOP Factor: a new journal metric to assess transparency and reproducibility policies
Find out more about the TOP Factor, an alternative metric to the impact factor, evaluating academic journals based on open science policies.
Is preregistering scientific research becoming mainstream?
PLOS ONE now offers Registered Reports, shifting peer review focus from results to the quality of study design. Is this part of the future of open science?
Successes and challenges in data sharing: insights from the YODA Project
With widespread and growing support for increased data sharing, what can we learn from the Yale Open Data Access (YODA) Project and its collaboration with Johnson & Johnson?
Less than half of US clinical trials report results on ClinicalTrials.gov on time
Less than half of trials on clinicaltrials.gov meet the FDAAA results reporting deadline in a study from Ben Goldacre’s EBM DataLab at Oxford University
2019 World Science Day for Peace and Development: Open Science
UNESCO uses this year’s World Science Day for Peace and Development to examine global disparities in open science.
[VIDEO] Good Practice for Conference Abstracts and Presentations: GPCAP
Jackie Marchington, Director of Global Operations at Caudex, discusses good practice for conference abstracts and presentations