open peer review

Research publishing: Open science

Old-fashioned ways of reporting new discoveries are holding back medical research. Some scientists are pushing

New gold standard established for open and reproducible research

Open access isn’t as open as you think, especially when there are corporate interests involved

Quality control in science journals is evolving, with a code of ethics in hot pursuit

THE process by which academics check the work of their colleagues before it goes to

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When science gets it wrong: Let the light shine in

Two big recent scientific results are looking shaky—and it is open peer review on the

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Making research findings freely available is an essential aid to medical progress, experts say

Medical researchers explore how open access publications could help moderate and reduce the vast waste

Scientific publishing: Changing Nature

IN THE world of academic publishing, it is hard to get more traditional than Nature. The