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Nobel laureates call for early career researchers to be freed from ¡®publish or perish¡¯ mentality

Submissions will be published alongside reviewers¡¯ comments and author responses

Study suggests pure science disciplines may have more of a problem with citations that are not actually giving the thumbs up to other studies

Up to 90 per cent of reviewers unable to guess authors of papers in experiment

While majority of outputs now meet requirements, some institutions and disciplines are doing better than others

Average spending has increased by 19 per cent in four years, Freedom of Information requests reveal

Institutions themselves could create their own megajournals in response, report from European universities suggests

Scholarly body warns mandate could ¡®undermine the UK¡¯s place in the global research community¡¯

LSE Press becomes latest open-access platform launched by universities in response to industry shift towards online publishing methods

Sector¡¯s move follows similar rows in France and Germany

Convincing universities to divest from fossil fuels and use only green energy is a better strategy, says Thomas Smith

Boycott comes as Springer Nature reveals to investors how it uses brand and impact factor to charge academics ¡®premium¡¯ prices

Objections to the suppression of ¡®sensitive¡¯ articles should not be based on outmoded claims about consumption, says Michel Hockx

While one group of publishers takes academic network to court over copyright, another strikes deal

NAS calls for US lawmakers to bring change also brings warning that crisis talk may ultimately ¡®stifle frontier discoveries¡¯

Reluctance to shame those who breach editorial ethics has dented confidence in research integrity, argue Adam Cox, Russell Craig and Dennis Tourish

¡®No more direct access to Springer¡¯s latest papers? No problem,¡¯ says petition, signed by nearly 4,000

Concerns over cost and impact of proposals can be overcome, say scholars

A switch to open access could save hundreds of millions of euros, says analysis from the European University Association

Battle between publishers and academic social network deadlocked

Clarivate promises to ¡®scale up¡¯ Kopernio, which automatically detects researchers¡¯ subscriptions and directs them to open access alternatives if necessary

Research institutions, first in Germany and now in France, are finding that publishers do not cut off access to journals ¨C even when they stop paying

Study sparks fresh debate about value added by commercial publishers, but has attracted some criticism

US-based ARTiFACTS system is claimed to be first ¡®fully functional¡¯ blockchain-based system for recording research process

Revised edition reignites debate about value of journal ratings in academia

Despite some progress, researchers are still reluctant to switch journals because of fears it could hinder their careers

Wellcome Trust and UK Research & Innovation launch reviews of policies that require funded papers to be made freely available

With state intervention back in vogue, and publishers¡¯ profit margins still sky-high, journals could be the next monopoly to come under scrutiny

Associate editors and board members for Building Research & Information label forced change in editorship ¡®arbitrary and unnecessary¡¯

Researchers at well-resourced, highly ranked universities are more likely to publish in open-access journals

Detail, clarity and a constructive approach: all these are key to a helpful review, writes Sophie Inge

But ¡®risks¡¯ of open access and a shift away from subscription model could halt growth, publisher¡¯s financial results reveal

Publisher proposed to bring in extra charges for digital papers published more than 20 years ago

Although Finland and South Korea have agreed deals with the publisher, European sectors are looking to take a harder line

In an increasingly competitive publishing environment, responding effectively to criticism is key to getting published, says Robert MacIntosh

Pakistani journals lack the professionalism and expertise to support a thriving knowledge economy, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz

London institution thought to be the first in UK to launch open-access publishing platform, as academics move away from traditional scholarly journals

Biggest titles¡¯ opening of sister periodicals is taking submissions away from specialist titles, researchers warn

Some of the biggest universities in Germany are now without contracts with the publisher

Junior researchers also more likely to feel they have to give credit to colleagues who made minimal contributions

Increases in government research funding are absorbed by scientists at the ¡®bottom of the hierarchy¡¯, study suggests

An open access deal between German authors in journals published by Elsevier could be problematic, say Alex Holcombe and Bj?rn Brembs

Scholars claim dean-elect is unfit for office after publishing articles in journals found on Jeffrey Beall¡¯s blacklist

Sussex historian Joanne Paul said she felt she ¡®had not been taken seriously¡¯ after reading sexist review of her work

Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading

Minimum compliance with publication requirements is the best recipe for job satisfaction, says Mike Marinetto

Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading

Open-access campaigner talks about the flood of ideas that comes to her at night and the challenges of change

Editing an academic journal is a vital and rewarding task, but also time-consuming and often frustrating. Current and former editors advise would-be gatekeepers on why you'll need the skills of a ringmaster ¨C and more

Without action, the UK might end up in the situation of funding both subscriptions and article-processing charges on an ongoing basis, writes Helen Blanchett

Restrictions on bibliometric data create ¡®two-tiered¡¯ research system, say campaigners

Publisher and research community remain divided over question of access to international publications

New data show UK moving rapidly towards open-access model ¨C but subscription costs jump 20 per cent in three years

Holly Else reveals the results of a É«ºÐÖ±²¥ poll seeking to uncover the extent of authorship abuses as well as views on what criteria should generate credit

Two-thirds of researchers have been slighted by seniors on authorship issues, É«ºÐÖ±²¥ poll reveals

In the rivalry to make the next scientific breakthrough, collaboration is key. But the UK¡¯s post-Brexit course only undermines its competitive standing

AAS Open Research offers immediate online publication and transparent, post-publication peer review

Critics warn new 'Manuscript Writer' program may be too good to be true, since automated content could run the risk of plagiarism

Books, like journals, reach far more people when they are published open access, shows report

Professor finds 86 English-language journals on the sector and lists the 28 ¡®most reputable¡¯