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Scientific Advancement, ‘1 Funeral at a Time’
New paper says the death of star scientists often benefits their subfields, via an influx in new contributors and ideas.
Toward a New Kind of ‘Big Deal’
University librarians and some academic publishers are optimistic about the possibility of reaching new agreements to make more academic articles fully open, but they acknowledge many challenges ahead.
Germany Strikes Deal With Springer Nature
Research-intensive universities will see costs rise by up to 50 percent; teaching-oriented institutions will see costs slashed.
Questionable Rejection
Sociologist says journal dismissed her paper because she'd shared it elsewhere as a preprint -- even though the publication had a pro-preprint policy. How often does this happen?
Opinion
A Man of Many Words
Peter Martin's The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight Over the English Language shows Noah Webster as the sort of ideologue who's convinced he has a historical mission and carries himself accordingly, writes Scott McLemee.
‘The Missing Course’
Author discusses his new book on what they never taught you about college teaching.
Linking Liability
Sci-Hub, a repository for pirated research papers, is widely acknowledged to be illegal. But is sharing a link to the site illegal, too?