Open Access

Free access to research is essential to the growth of a field. It allows all researchers – including those who cannot afford journal subscriptions – access to information. This…

Not many open-access scientific journals meet the draft Plan S requirements. This initiative by European funders aims to make the research they fund freely and immediately…

Whether or not open access is a viable model for the future is a topic of hot debate. The current standoff between Elsevier and a number of European institutions is one example of…

Over the last several years, the push to shift to an open access model of publishing has been growing. As part of this trend, numerous major research and academic institutions in…

The International Open Access Week will be celebrated this year from Oct. 22 to 28. Open access is the free and immediate availability of peer-reviewed research articles published…

The move towards open access (OA) has been embraced by a number of journals. However, one issue that arises when discussing OA is the fact that some journals do not charge article…

The internet has revolutionized our world, and scientific publishing is no exception. To realize the dream of placing the world’s knowledge at anyone’s fingertips, the movement to…

Artificial intelligence or machine learning is where machines are programmed to simulate human traits such as problem-solving and learning. Machine learning researchers…

The focus is on the ongoing efforts by the academic community to ensure mandatory open access for scientific journals. Researchers and publishers have been under controversy…

You’ve probably become a victim of fake news at some point in time. For instance, in the final three months of the U.S. presidential campaign, Facebook generated more engagement …

In the current academic publishing environment, a number of scholarly social networks happen to be in the news mainly for copyright infringement allegations. Such academic social…