Scholarly Publishing: The Elephant (And Other Wildlife) In The Room
Journal-based scholarly communication needs a structural change
Guest Post — Upholding the Integrity of Open Science
As preprints become an increasingly integral part of scholarly communication, can automated screening tools improve their reliability and preprint servers’ operational efficiency?
Leveraging Transformative Agreements for Research Integrity
Publishers need institutions as partners in addressing research integrity issues. Transformative agreements provide an ideal framework for fostering these partnerships.
PLOS’s Next Big Thing
In this post, Alice Meadows shares some thoughts about PLOS’s recently announced R&D project to help overcome the lack of recognition for Open Science contributions, and the lack of affordability for researchers.
Engaging with Your Community to Effect Change: An Irish Case Study
In today’s post Alice Meadows shares a case study of community engagement in Ireland as part of the country’s plans to develop a national persistent identifier (PID) strategy
Resetting and Recharging Research Communications in the Sun of Los Angeles: A FORCE11 Conference Report
The FORCE11 conference at UCLA lays the groundwork to continue its efforts to transform research communications and e-scholarship.
Revisiting — What Does “Federally Funded” Actually Mean?
With a new public access memo and federal agency policies due, Angela Cochran revisits her 2013 post exploring what Federally Funded means.
Guest Post: Improving Methods Reporting in the Life Sciences
What can we do to encourage and improve methods reporting in scientific articles? A new report summarizes recommendations for editors and publishers alike.
What’s Next for Open Science — Making the Case for Open Methods
Transparency around research methodologies is essential for driving public trust and accurate, reproducible research results.
Nevermind the Data, Where are the Protocols?
Journals and funding agencies are focusing on data availability as a route to better experimental reproducibility. But the data is only part of the equation. A new set of NIH guidelines is a great start toward making methodologies better documented and more available.