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NewsHow long do scientists spend formatting manuscripts for publication every year?
Study puts a number on the cost in time and money
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NewsIn a surprising twist it’s postdocs, not supervisors, who are responsible for PhDs’ research skills
Study tracked 336 graduate students for four years examining written work
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NewsDoes peer review make scientists use more cautious language?
Analysis of bioscience journals reveals peer review does introduce more discussion of studies’ limitations
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NewsScience really does advance one funeral at a time, study suggests
The death of a scientific superstar can open up a field
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NewsWorld Health Organization joins controversial open access Plan S
The Who becomes first UN agency to support the push for open access science publishing
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NewsChina and Japan join ChemRxiv partnership
ChemRxiv is now co-owned by the Chinese and Japanese chemical societies, and their journals will be added to the free preprint server soon
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NewsMistrust in scientific articles exacerbates researchers’ workloads
Survey shows 86% of researchers view at least some research outputs as untrustworthy, and they are taking extra measures to verify them
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NewsMixed reception for German open access deal with Springer Nature
Springer Nature has reached an open access publishing deal with 700 German research universities, but it faces some pushback
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NewsCrispr pioneer among University of California researchers boycotting Elsevier
Open letter to the journal publisher withholding editorial work has been signed by 31 members of the university
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NewsUniversity of California cut off from Elsevier journals after contract cancellation
System of 10 universities has been preparing for loss of journals for months with legal avenues arranged to access new papers
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NewsOpen data linked to higher citations for journal articles
Studies that provide access to underlying data are cited 25% more often than those that don’t
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News50 years after sexism forced her out of chemistry Cheryl Dembe is graduating
University of Chicago recognises PhD research carried out a lifetime ago
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NewsResearchers warn open access Plan S may still be too rushed, despite one-year delay
Updated guidelines from cOAlition S funders draw mixed reactions from scientists and publishers
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NewsMisconduct not mistakes are the chief reason chemistry papers are retracted
Analysis prompts call for publishers to be more open about the reasons a paper is withdrawn
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NewsStudy of misconduct suggests first author should be guarantor for a paper’s accuracy
Research examined 80 misconduct investigations by US Office of Research Integrity
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NewsEarly career researchers often receive no credit for ‘ghostwritten’ peer reviews
Half of young scientists have critiqued papers without being named
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NewsElsevier signs its first ever ‘read and publish’ open access deal with Norway
Agreement will see research published by Norwegian academics immediately free to read
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OpinionDeath of the author
The first machine-generated book in chemistry is here. But is it any good? And what future does it herald?
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NewsLithium–ion battery book written by machine learning algorithm
Slip-ups and incoherent text show that machine written books have a way to go yet