Communication
Open access
Disappearing journals
Digital open access scientific journals are vanishing from the internet, leaving no indication that their files are being kept in digital libraries or archives
By Redação
Good practices
The impact of predatory journals
A paper analyzed the impact of 10 marketing journals by counting how many times their articles were cited in other periodicals in the same field
By Redação
COVID-19
The content of fake news
Scientific institutions have created websites to combat fake news
By Redação
Telecommunications
Rural wireless
Technology developed by INATEL broadens options for private 4G networks in remote areas
Ecology
Protecting the turtles
Combined use of sound recordings, aerial images, and environmental data improves monitoring of endangered Amazon species
By Rubem Barros
40th José Reis Award
Pesquisa FAPESP journalist wins José Reis award
Carlos Henrique Fioravanti has been named winner of the most important recognition afforded to professionals reporting on science and technology in Brazil
By Redação
Good practices
Publishers team up to identify altered images
Major publishers of scientific journals worldwide have created a working group to create new standards and promote technologies capable of detecting manipulated or duplicate images in papers
By Redação
Preprints
Preprints and published articles
A study led by researchers from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro compared preliminary scientific manuscripts shared on preprint repositories with their final versions published in scientific journals after peer review
By Redação
Good practices
The spread of plagiarism
Russian Academy of Sciences uncovers widespread misconduct, leading to the retraction of 869 articles
Science communication
Breaking out of the bubble
Academic journals in Brazil rarely use Facebook to share their content with the public, study shows
Communication
A platform for sharing Brazilian science
Agência Bori, an online platform designed to help journalists access Brazilian science, began operating on February 12
By Redação
Communication
From science fair to published paper
The Canadian Science Fair Journal has published more than 50 scientific articles written by authors under the age of 18
By Redação
Science reporting
Explaining complexity
Study mapping genetic influence on same-sex sexual behavior uses novel approach to reporting findings
Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years
Media in transition
Digital media helps scientific journalism reach new audiences, but also provides a platform for those that reject the facts
Pesquisa Fapesp 20 Years
Science for all
Launched in October 1999, the journal has made science conducted in São Paulo and Brazil better known to the public.
Gender
Visible women
Initiatives that aim to increase recognition of female researchers and their contributions to science
By Carla Aranha
Open Acess
Germany reaches agreement deal with Springer Nature
A consortium comprised of more than 700 universities and institutions from Germany has signed an agreement with the Springer Nature publishing group making it easier for them to publish scientific articles in open-access journals
By Redação