Contributing to open science – a computational biologist’s perspective
The landscape of how we communicate science is changing rapidly. Microbiome prizewinner, Dr Jacqueline Meisel attended the week long FORCE 11 Scholarly… Read more »
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BMC Energy – open for submissions!
On 14th August 2018, the latest BMC Series journal BMC Energy opened for submissions. Editor Dr Harriet Manning discusses the motivation behind this new launch.
Patient peer review in academic journals: Next steps in the journey
For science to be truly open, research must go beyond simply being available to all, and actively engage the patients and the public who both fund and benefit from… Read more »
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30 million downloads of open access book chapters
We’re proud to announce that there have now been more than 30 million chapter downloads across our open access (OA) books… Read more »
Springer Nature welcomes Fire Ecology
Springer Nature is pleased to announce the addition of Fire Ecology to the SpringerOpen portfolio. Supported by the Association… Read more »
Helping researchers publish their work, not waste it: welcome to the EQUATOR Canada Publication School
While scientists will receive formal training in most aspects of the scientific process, learning best practices in publishing… Read more »
The ‘SEAHA CDT collection’ in journal Heritage Science
This blog post has been cross-posted with permission from SEAHA-CDT. The original version can be read here. Following multiple… Read more »
Competition and corruption in education: a lethal combination for academic integrity
Higher education is a competitive enterprise at every level – from student admissions processes to university ranking systems… Read more »
Contract cheating: a Canadian perspective
Sarah Elaine Eaton expands on a key point mentioned in her just published literature review of academic integrity in the Canadian… Read more »
Data sitting on the shelf? Publish it as Micro Report
Do you have any data that is interesting or striking but has not been published? Many scientists do, and at a surprising volume.… Read more »