$17.2m boost for arXiv independence
Funding comes from Simons Foundation International, XTX Markets and Siegel Family Endowment
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HathiTrust wins $5m Mellon grant for AI-powered book discovery project
Project will explore responsible, equitable and transparent uses of artificial intelligence in digital collections
Cancer Research UK to stop funding open access publishing
Charity argues that the current model is failing to deliver a fair and efficient system for disseminating research
CERN to host next phase of Open Research Europe platform
Eligibility will expand to include researchers affiliated with institutions in participating consortium countries
Funders “should mandate change in science publishing”
Paper argues that funders, governments and universities should intervene to prevent "draining of research"
Why do researchers often prefer safe over risky projects?
Reward schemes that motivate effort inherently discourage scientific risk-taking, says new paper published by PLOS
Industry initiative “to revolutionise research reporting”
Silverchair and Oxford University Press launch Sensus Impact in collaboration with more than 30 industry organisations
Public access to published science “under threat in the US”
Bill is "a retrograde step within the global context of research and access to scientific literature"
What is a linguistic monopoly?
Research institutions and funders need to be more aware of the phenomenon, writes Amer Abukhalaf
Research ‘should benefit society, not shareholders’
Publishers’ power in the research ecosystem must be tackled on a sector-wide basis, writes Silke Machold
eLife funding to spotlight diversity in science
The non-profit organisation eLife is piloting a funding scheme to help authors from under-represented groups showcase their research
Jisc expert appointed to accelerate Plan S
Neil Jacobs, head of open science and research lifecycle at Jisc, has been appointed as interim programme manager for the international consortium of research…