T he publication process in social science is broken. Articles in prestigious journals use flawed data, employ questionable research practices, and reach illogical conclusions. Sometimes doubts over ...

The outline below explains the production steps for publication of an accepted manuscript in ESA’s hybrid journals (“hybrid” journals are subscription-based publications that include both open access ...

Open access publishing has led to researchers paying thousands of dollars to publish their work, limiting funds for research ...

Authors are able to monitor the status of their paper throughout the peer review process. To expedite the review process, only papers that seem most likely to meet editorial criteria are sent for ...

Lamentations over the current models of academic publishing come from all corners of the scientific community. How does the system work? The scientist writes up the results of their study in the form ...

Erin Hengel knows what a one-month delay in peer review can mean for an early-career academic. Although she now works as a research officer at the London School of Economics, Hengel was previously on ...

Publications in peer-reviewed, refereed scholarly journals are the currency of academia. Tenure, promotions, grants, and professional reputations hinge on the number and quality of papers accepted for ...

According to a report by The Washington Post, scientists with the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water were ordered by "political appointees" to stop work on studies that were headed for ...