All Publishing articles – Page 3
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OpinionRelying on the h-index harms the careers of people who take career breaks
More holistic methods are needed to accurately assess the quality of a researcher’s work
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OpinionHuman genome editing in perspective
Ethical, cultural and safety considerations are high priorities for researchers
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OpinionTurning negative results into positives
Publishing unsuccessful experiments is more important than ever as we try to train machines in chemistry
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OpinionEscaping from predatory publishers
An over-reliance on publishing has left scientists prey to unscrupulous practices
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OpinionHow long until papers list an AI as an author?
Artificial intelligence is superior to humans at numerous tasks, but it is still vulnerable to human biases
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NewsNIH’s new data sharing policy is coming, and it’s a ‘big cultural shift’
The world’s largest public funder of biomedical research will impose broader, deeper, more detailed data management rule on 25 January
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NewsCommunity voices concerns over American Chemical Society magazine
Board members’ open letter warns of ‘detrimental changes’ after restructure at C&EN
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NewsChemistry journals that request author photos and bios linked to lower citations for women
Citation effect is statistically significant but diminishes when other variables are taken into account
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NewsJournals to trial tool that automatically flags reproducibility and transparency issues in papers
Software aims to check a paper’s trustworthiness
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OpinionDonna Strickland: ‘My career goal was to get a PhD’
The Nobel prize-winning physicist on the joys of doing nothing, meeting the Pope and how her PhD completed her life’s goals
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NewsMaterials science journal withdraws 500 papers from fake conferences
Off-topic and nonsense articles in Materials Today: Proceedings may have come from conferences that never happened, created by paper mills to ‘launder’ publications
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NewsRoyal Society of Chemistry will make all its journals open access
All RSC journals will be free to read within five years
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NewsAI picks out fake science
Textual analysis tool flags manuscripts that may have come from paper mills
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NewsUnder pressure? Room temperature superconductivity paper retracted over data analysis
Questions over treatment of data led Nature to remove the paper over the authors’ objections
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OpinionAre elemental analysis guidelines appropriate?
The standard journal requirement of ±0.4% for carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen is not statistically sound
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OpinionKnocking down paywalls
President Biden’s surprise announcement ending paywalls for federally-funded research by 2026 has left publishers scrambling to respond
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NewsWhite House says federally-funded research papers must be open access from 2026
Biden administration’s policy change will see optional 12-month embargo period scrapped
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NewsBest-selling chemistry textbook is now free
New edition of John McMurry’s Organic Chemistry will be open access after author discovers copyright loophole
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NewsParenting takes a heavy toll on the careers of female academics in North America
Women more likely to report that caring for children has hurt their career than men