AAAS statement in response to NIH public access policy - September 26, 2025
AAAS has submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health regarding its July 2025 proposal on ‘Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs.’ In its comments, AAAS commends NIH for tackling the rise in article processing charges (APCs) that scientific journal publishers now… Read More
American Heart Association details open science policies and researcher support - September 22, 2025
The American Heart Association (AHA) has reaffirmed its public access and open data policies—both in place for more than a decade—and outlined resources and training to help funded researchers comply with open science requirements. The AHA requires journal articles arising from its funding to be made freely… Read More
COPE issues revised retraction guidelines addressing paper mills and third-party involvement - September 11, 2025
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has released new retraction guidelines designed to address growing challenges such as paper mill activity, fraudulent authorship, and undeclared third-party involvement. The new framework specifies that journals should retract work when authorship cannot be verified, when accountability is uncertain, or when… Read More
Upholding Research Integrity: new guidelines and cross-industry collaboration - September 8, 2025
Publishing research in thematic collections—such as special issues, research topics, and guest-edited volumes—are increasingly central to scholarly communication, offering platforms for community-building and the exploration of emerging or interdisciplinary areas. Frontiers’ ‘Research Topics’ model has exemplified this approach by facilitating article collections around unified… Read More
PLOS strengthens editorial standards for retrospective health database studies - September 5, 2025
PLOS has announced updates to its editorial policy governing research based on publicly available health and social science databases. The revisions address concerns over inappropriate use of retrospective datasets, including practices such as data dredging and salami slicing—dividing closely related studies into multiple publications to inflate output.… Read More
MDPI achieves COUNTER 5.1 compliance to strengthen research impact reporting - September 3, 2025
MDPI has been added to the COUNTER Registry and will provide standardized usage reporting across its portfolio of more than 475 fully open access journals. The publisher announced the move supports institutions and consortia in assessing research impact, reviewing publishing agreements,… Read More
OSC issues guidance on revised NIH public access policy - August 21, 2025
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has implemented a revised public access policy, effective for all NIH-funded articles accepted for publication after July 1, 2025. Given NIH’s role as a major funder of research at the University of California, the changes are expected to affect many UC-affiliated… Read More
SPARC offers Open Science recommendations for Senate’s ASAP initiative - July 16, 2025
SPARC has submitted key recommendations to the US Senate in response to the newly launched American Science Acceleration Project (ASAP), a bipartisan initiative introduced in June 2025 by Senators Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Mike Rounds (R-SD). The initiative aims to accelerate scientific progress in the United States… Read More
COPE and STM release new guidance to support integrity in guest-edited collections - July 9, 2025
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) have published two new resources aimed at strengthening editorial integrity in guest-edited collections. These collections—often released as special issues or themed volumes curated by subject experts—play a… Read More
Uganda’s National Science Council launches open science policy to promote equitable research access - June 12, 2025
The Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) has adopted a national open science policy following a broad consultative process involving researchers, policymakers, academic leaders, and civil society stakeholders. The policy has been developed with support from EIFL and aligns with Uganda’s upcoming Strategic Plan for… Read More
