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Many federal policy changes are well known before they are announced. Hints in speeches, leaks, and early access to reporters at major publications all pave the way for the eventual confirmation. But ...

“Research Integrity: Publication Ethics” is Nature Masterclasses’ newest on-demand course. Integrity and ethics are uncompromisable values and lie at the heart of every research paper; for this reason ...

Last August, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) declared that researchers who want to continue to receive federal grants must make all scientific publications resulting ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

In August, the US government announced that it was adopting a policy requiring that all the research it funded is open access. A key element of this plan is that, once the policy takes effect, every ...

There’s a myriad of research-related issues that make their way into public discourse. One that pops up every now and then concerns the academic publishing process. Discussions on the topic will vary, ...

A new research perspective was published in Oncotarget (Volume 16) on November 14, 2025, titled “A personal perspective of ...

Lucy Montgomery has received funding from Springer Nature for research relating to Open Access. She is also affiliated with a number or organisations involved in Open Access scholarly communication, ...

ASCO’s mission is to conquer cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care. We work toward this goal in part through the dissemination of high-quality, ...

Faced with the exponential rise in published nutrition and biomedical research and an unbowed optimism of scientific writings, we are sometimes left with the feeling that major health issues have been ...