Signs of trouble are turning up at the biggest scientific journals and the publishers that host them. In December, nearly every member of the editorial board of the pre-eminent Journal of Human ...

(TNS) — The false idea that vaccines cause autism began when a fraudulent 1998 study was published by British doctor Andrew Wakefield — a claim that spread misinformation that continued for decades.

The Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced the launch of two journals, PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems. Both journals are grounded in our commitment to rigor and research integrity ...

"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" About 1,000 of a set of 15,000 open access scientific journals appear to exist mainly to extract fees from naive academics.… A trio of ...

Behind the polished facade of peer-reviewed journals lurks a growing epidemic of junk science — propped up by predatory publishers, ignored conflicts of interest, and research so bad it refuses to die ...

As scrutiny grows over research integrity, scientists and publishers work together to strengthen transparency, trust, and ...

The “Bilingual Communication Project for Chinese STM Journals” focuses on enhancing both the academic influence and communication service capabilities of China’s STM journals, with Science and ...