Is Open Access Publishing Cost Effective?
The concept of open access publishing is fairly new compared to how long researchers have been publishing in academic journals. At present, open access is now an accepted way of…
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Six Months after Brexit: What Next?
In June 2016, Britain voted in favor of leaving the European Union (EU) in what can be considered a historical referendum. For most of us, this news came as a surprise. Since then,…
How Is Sci-Hub Affecting Academic Publishing?
In 2011, Alexandra Elbakyan, a graduate student in Kazakhstan, started a website known as Sci-Hub. Since its inception, the site has gained an increasing amount of attention. In…
How Is Data-Intensive Research Changing Science?
Scientists are particularly interested in collecting data, and the success of each experiment is determined by the novel data that is generated, which can contribute to advancing…
Recognizing Peer Review through Publons
The peer review process is a crucial part of scholarly communication, but without good referees, the system would not work. However, researchers barely get credit for this…
Challenges in Growth of Open Access Publishing
Open access publishing is increasingly gaining popularity as funders, research institutions, scholars, and publishers are now seeking newer avenues to make science accessible to…
Open Access Week 2016: Open In Action
In 2008, SPARC and its partners in the student community established the International Open Access Week to increase the visibility of research and the impact it has on the…
Big Data and Its Impact on Academic Publishing
As academic publishing has made the transition from print editions to electronic editions, librarians, facing leaner budgets and an inability to deselect specific low-interest…
Open Access in 2016: Developments and Its Impact
The Open Access Week, a global event promoting open access publishing is now in its ninth year—and all the efforts made during this time to support this initiative seems to have…
Publons: Giving Credit to Peer Reviewers
During the second Peer Review Week in 2016, there were extensve discussions on how the institution of peer review is far from perfect. The problems with peer review in scientific…
The Journal of Brief Ideas Is Making Your Ideas Citable
In this age of information overload, there are several ideas that can be considered innovative or can lead to a new scientific development. Given the extent of information that is…
Kudos Extends Its Reach by Collaborating with Institutions
You may have read our experts' take on the benefits of individual researchers using Kudos. Last year in October 2015, Kudos also launched a new platform called Kudos for…