A new online science journal aimed at changing the paradigm of scholarly publishing has proved so popular it's been mired in a crush of traffic since its Sunday night launch. The inaugural issue of ...

Plans to bring science publications into the computer age are making slow but steady progress as individuals, academic associations, and publishers investigate the feasibility and economics of ...

An online publisher that offers its science journals free on the Internet has begun asking authors to pay a $500 fee to have their articles published. The publisher, BioMed Central, says it hopes ...

An online publisher that offers its science journals free on the Internet announced this week that it would soon ask authors to pay a $500 fee to have their articles published. The publisher, BioMed ...

Studies published in prestigious academic journals receive more attention from scholars and media outlets, shaping public discourse and potentially accelerating academic careers. While the path to ...

LOS ANGELES -- Scientists frustrated by the iron grip that academic journals hold over their research can now pursue another path to fame by taking their research straight to the public online.