Publishing peer review files at Nature has been optional since 2020; starting Monday, it is now automatic.

Academic publishing is the bedrock of modern science: a published paper in a respected, peer-reviewed journal is the mark of scientific advancement, the hinge point upon which most technological ...

Scientific journals began as “newsletters” for scientific societies. As a result, they have some idiosyncrasies that seem perplexing to readers of other periodicals.

Signs of trouble are turning up at the biggest scientific journals and the publishers that host them. In December, nearly ...

Two of President Donald Trump's nominees selected to take over top health roles in the federal government helped launch a new scientific journal after facing censorship during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fair enough: That's basically what I think about the whole system of peer-reviewed science journals. It was once a good idea—even a necessary one—but it isn’t working anymore.

Scientific journals, the self-appointed keepers of the gate between those researchers and the rest of the world, can easily take six months, often a year, ...

Scientific journals have a credibility problem. Here’s how to fix it. Four experts on how to discredit the so-called “paper mills” while keeping research open to everyone.

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