SPapers

01/19/2017

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/18/510304871/what-does-it-mean-when-cancer-findings-cant-be-reproduced

Results from some key cancer studies were different when the experiments were redone in different labs. Scientists don't yet know why but say the answer could have health implications for patients.

09/30/2016

Why revolutionizing the scholarly publication system can have more impact on curing cancer than any single research project, and why Google should do it.

09/15/2016

Peer review – One of the 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-research-funding-peer-review-process

These are dark times for science so we asked hundreds of researchers how to fix it.

06/29/2016

Biotechin.Asia liked what we do and wrote about us. Thanks Biotechin.Asia!
https://biotechin.asia/2016/06/28/spapers-redefining-the-peer-review-process-of-your-research/

There has been always a question about how to showcase scientific research in a better way; is there a better way to make sense of the papers you published? The answer is YES! SPapers is one such p…

05/13/2016

http://www.scilogs.com/communication_breakdown/kamy-singer-q-and-a/

As someone who writes about science communication, I’m always interested in experiments designed to help people share information about research and research

05/12/2016

Our peer review system for research scientists is finally online!

05/03/2016

https://academicirregularities.wordpress.com/2016/05/01/are-we-seeing-the-rise-of-the-trump-academic/

A post by Mark Carrigan caught my imagination a few weeks ago. It was about ‘networking’ with its usual connotations of “insincerity, instrumentalism and general creepiness”. We can all recognise t…

04/14/2016

Hi everybody! We are going to launch a new peer review service for research scientists very soon. See the description of how it works and feel free to tell us what you think.

SPapers independent peer review system: As the author of a manuscript that needs peer reviewing, you provide us with the name of the peer you would like to perform the review. The peer does not have to be registered on SPapers.com, so you can choose anyone. We will invite the peer to review your manuscript. Once the peer agrees, SPapers will send him or her your manuscript. At the end of the process, we create a Certified Peer Review Report, which will include the manuscript, the review, and the contact details of the author and of the peer reviewer. Both the author and the reviewer receive a copy of the report. You can use the report to improve your research and your manuscript, and also send the report to journal editors in order to get published faster.

01/26/2016

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/elsevier-academic-publishing-petition/427059/

Publishing an open-access paper in a journal can be prohibitively expensive. Some researchers are drumming up support for a movement to change that.

01/22/2014

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/12/11/has-elsevier-signaled-a-new-era-for-academia-edu-and-other-professional-networks/

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Elsevier has issued a sweeping series of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) take down notices regarding Elsevier-published content to Academia.ed...

12/07/2013

As part of the SCOAP3 publishing initiative, 10 journals in high-energy physics will offer unrestricted access to their peer-reviewed articles, starting January 1.

10/24/2013

Bob O'Hara: The Science of Science's scientific publishing sting: don't shoot the messenger, or you might shoot yourself in the foot