Principles to enhance research integrity and avoid ‘publish or perish’ in academia - July 20, 2020
Amid growing criticism of the traditional "publish or perish" system for rewarding academic research, an international team has developed five principles that institutions can follow to measure and reward research integrity. Published on July 16, 2020 in the open access journal PLOS Biology, the team believes… Read More
Elsevier endorses Leiden Manifesto to guide its development of improved research evaluation - July 14, 2020
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has announced that it is endorsing the Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics, ten principles that guide best practice in metrics-based research assessment. The Leiden Manifesto is a set of practical and… Read More
Open Preservation Foundation endorses TRUST principles for digital repositories - June 1, 2020
The Open Preservation Foundation has endorsed the TRUST principles for digital repositories. Following on from several months of RDA consultation and discussion within the digital repository community, a set of guiding principles have been developed to facilitate best practice in trustworthy data… Read More
IOP Publishing unveils co-review policy - May 8, 2020
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has introduced a formal co-review policy, to help early-career researchers gain experience in peer review while ensuring they get credit for the work they contribute. A co-reviewer is a researcher – often early in their career – who… Read More
ACM calls for transparency, interoperability, privacy, and scrutiny in COVID contact tracing - May 7, 2020
The ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee (Europe TPC) of the world’s largest society of computing professionals, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), has released detailed principles and practices for the development and deployment of ‘contact tracing’ technology intended to track and arrest the spread of COVID-19.… Read More
Taylor & Francis welcomes new guidance from cOAlition S - April 16, 2020
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has welcomed the new guidance from cOAlition S on transformative arrangements for Journals. cOAlition S have clearly listened to feedback from the community. The global publisher notes that it is encouraging to see more feasible conditions in the revised guidance, particularly… Read More
Cochrane releases revised Conflict of Interest policy for Cochrane Library Content, to go into effect in October 2020 - April 15, 2020
Cochrane has released its revised Conflict of Interest policy for Cochrane Library Content. The policy was created with the support of a project board made up of key stakeholders and conflict of interest experts from within and outside Cochrane, following a rigorous… Read More
Cochrane announces revised Conflict of Interest policy for Cochrane Library Content - March 17, 2020
Cochrane has released its revised Conflict of Interest policy for Cochrane Library Content. The policy was created with the support of a project board made up of key stakeholders and conflict of interest experts from within and outside Cochrane, following a rigorous… Read More
UKRI launches consultation on Open Access policy - February 13, 2020
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has launched a consultation as part of its Open Access Review. The consultation will inform the development of a new open access policy, aimed at ensuring that the published outputs of research are widely and freely accessible to all. The UK… Read More
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issues Request for Public Comment on Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data - January 30, 2020
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has issued a Request for Public Comment (RFC) on Draft Desirable Characteristics of Repositories for Managing and Sharing Data Resulting from Federally Funded Research. This RFC is issued on behalf of the multi-agency Subcommittee on Open… Read More
