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The British Museum learned it was wrong to brush off a whistleblower. Universities and journals should do the same, says David Sanders

Forcing UKRI-backed researchers to publish their papers as preprints would save ?40 million annually and ¡®accelerate scientific progress¡¯, says thinktank

If the choice is between impact factor and maintaining the content¡¯s integrity, there is little contest

Difficult conversations about how the REF¡¯s post-2029 open access books mandate will be financed cannot be avoided, say experts

Rethink on Research Excellence Framework¡¯s demand that submitted monographs should be freely available follows fierce condemnation of a policy described as ¡®unaffordable¡¯ and ¡®excessively bureaucratic¡¯

We need a mechanism whereby academics can build a public reputation as referees and receive career benefits for doing so, says Randy Robertson

Fed up with a lowly position on the author list? If so, getting creative with surnames could be the solution, a study suggests

Researchers claim that Taylor & Francis kept details of deal quiet, but company insists that citation and limits on verbatim quoting will be sacrosanct

¡®There¡¯s an assumption that if you pay for something, it is going to be better quality than if it¡¯s free,¡¯ says librarian involved in Hong Kong collaboration

Institute of Physics Publishing is making innovative efforts to broaden the referee pool beyond the usual suspects, says Laura Feetham-Walker

Extending embargoes and permitting more exceptions are likelier than a full U-turn, suggest academic publishing experts

Platform must overcome cost and participation hurdles, but would benefit readers and researchers, experts say

If the best books aren¡¯t REFable, UK research will appear artificially weak, say Heather Widdows, Fiona Macpherson and Simon Kirchin 

Chapter of Sexual Misconduct in Academia was previously withdrawn after academic claimed he was identified

British Academy urges Research Excellence Framework leaders to pause open access plans as sector bodies highlight ¡®crushing costs¡¯

Editors and production staff say final offer is insufficient given recent inflation rises and publisher¡¯s profits

A fixation on publishing in ¡®academic comic books¡¯ is subverting the values permeating business schools, conference hears

¡®Excessively bureaucratic¡¯ and ¡®unaffordable¡¯ rules on open access proposed for the next Research Excellence Framework should be discarded, say university executives

Months after Harvard Law Review rejected analysis of Gaza genocide allegation, Columbia¡¯s version does the same

Researchers say emails suggest disapproval of social media posts on transgender issues contributed to rejections

Policy expert told he would have to cover publication fee himself post-retirement alleges ¡®blatant age discrimination¡¯

Survey indicates that researchers are poorly prepared for upcoming shift to free-to-read model

Global survey of peer reviewers reveals deep distrust towards ChatGPT, with some calling for a complete ban on its use in research and academia

These initiatives don¡¯t demand extra funding, undervalue publisher input or create institutional or disciplinary divides, say Anthony Cond and Jane Bunker