The communist legacy leaves researchers exposed to fee-charging publishers who don’t do peer review or editing. But a fightback is underway

For the first time in the history of the EU, 27 national academies have reached a common position on EU science policy

Report shows that since 2021 eleven more countries have adopted open science policies. But there are to persistent problems with rising costs and uneven geographical spread

Five years on from the launch of Plan S, global pressure for equitable, open and transparent scientific publishing is gathering a fresh head of steam

Europe’s open access advocates set out a vision for system-level reform to make scientific publishing faster, more open and scholar-led

Five years after PLAN S set out to make research free at the point of publication there’s progress to report. But the work is not finished and the pressure must be maintained, says the EU’s former Open Access envoy

Open science advocates see room for ‘game changing measures’ in ministers’ stance, while publishers warn against ‘knee jerk policy interventions’

The Swedish presidency of the Council of the EU is due to start in January, with plans to focus on open science and research infrastructures

Draft copy of the agreement seen by Science|Business sets out plan to cut down on the use of a narrow set of journal and publication metrics

Science is shifting to focus on collaboration and the societal impact of research. The reward system for scientists needs to keep pace with that change