In one of the first judgments of its kind, India-based publishing group OMICS International has been ordered to pay over $50 million due to its dubious business practices. Read on to know more. 
The inclusion of North Korean researchers in international research projects and collaborations is highly restricted. However, last month, a top university from North Korea entered an exchange…
Artificial intelligence is of huge interest to researchers as it has the potential to change the course of scientific discovery. While AI-powered applications in research are in a nascent stage, the…
For decades, developed countries in the West have been the hubs of scientific and technological advancement, attracting talent across the globe. However, the R&D hotspots are no longer…
The U.S. government announced a partial shutdown for an indefinite period of time after failed negotiations on December 21 between lawmakers and the White House, which has the science community in…
The Max Planck Society of Germany, one of the largest research organizations in the world, announced that it will not renew its subscription with Elsevier as a gesture of its support to open access.…
Major funders and librarians in China have stated their intent to support and join Plan S, an initiative by a group of European funders to ensure that by 2020 all publicly funded research outcome is…
In the latest attempt to strengthen the scientific integrity of research produced by China, early this month, 41 Chinese organizations and departments issued a joint memorandum to set up a standard…
Chinese researcher He Jiankui of the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen has claimed to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies – twin girls, “Lulu” and “Nana…
Did you know that in 2018, around 3 million articles were published? That the accessibility to content is now at its record high today? The scholarly communication industry is dynamic and to…