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Scholarly Publishing, Freedom of Information and Academic Self-Determination: The UNAM-Elsevier Case   

Scholarly Publishing, Freedom of Information and Academic Self-Determination: The UNAM-Elsevier Case   

Scholarly publishing and academic self-determination are interdependent and a crucial point of future debate for the future of University presses and Open Access worldwide.

The ArXiv of the Future Will Not Look Like the ArXiv

The ArXiv of the Future Will Not Look Like the ArXiv

The strengths and weaknesses of arXiv in an effort to identify what possible improvements can be made based on new technologies not previously available.

Authorea and BioRxiv Partner to Bring Preprints into 21st Century

Authorea and BioRxiv Partner to Bring Preprints into 21st Century

Authorea, the collaborative document editor for researchers, announced a partnership and direct submission agreement with bioRxiv, the leading preprint server for biological research.

The Preprint Citation Bump

The Preprint Citation Bump

Implications for researchers preprinting their work in terms of precedence, visibility and citation impact, and manuscript editing. Researchers that preprint their work have a citation boost ranging from 83% to 269%.

66 out of the 100 most cited papers are paywalled

66 out of the 100 most cited papers are paywalled

The web was built specifically to share research papers amongst scientists. Despite this being the first goal of the modern web, most research is still published behind a paywall. We have recently highlighted famous math papers that reside behind a pa