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The article focuses on the impact a Russian amended law concerning state secrets is having on science publishing by Russian scientists. It states President Vladimir Putin used a decree in May 2015 expanding the scope of a law requiring scientists get permission from the Federal Security Service prior to publishing results which could have industrial or military applications. It reports Russian universities are requiring scientists seek approval to the publication of any findings without exception.

Reports on Great Britain's 1993 white paper `Realizing Our Potential.' Research reforms proposed in the white paper; Threat on the medical Research Council's institutes; Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council's funding of basic research; Privatization of public research laboratories.

Discusses reaction to the British government's White Paper (policy statement) on the organization of science and technology, `Realising our Potential,' published last week in London, England. The lack of radical change; Additional information. INSETS: Waldegrave gets help, by D.D.;A global search, by D.D..

Reports on a policy document prepared by Jurgen Ruttger, Germany's research minister, concerning the federal funding of space research. The focus on projects that promise economic return; The proposed merger of the German Space Agency with the national air and space research center.

The article reports on the efforts of U.S. government to make scientific research available for all. It reports that the accessibility offered by the Internet has transformed science publishing over the past decade. The government of the U.S. is making efforts to make all federally funded research available for free. The new system will make huge numbers of scientific articles publicly available for all. It reports that such archives will basically contain the final versions of the manuscripts written by the authors. There was an increase in public access in late 2007 when the U.S. Congress passed a bill and made it compulsory for scientists funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) to deposit their papers within 12 months of publication.

This section offers news briefs on science as of May 2015. A new rule proposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires drug companies that sell veterinary antibiotics to track where their drugs are going. A record energy of 13 teraelectronvolts of protons was achieved by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on May 20. An independent investigation found that surgeon Paolo Macchiarini committed scientific misconduct in several papers.

The article offers the author's insights on the policy report called "Science as an Open Enterprise" from the Royal Society in London, England concerning access to scientific papers and theories. He mentions that open inquiry to scientific research and publication of scientific papers and theories allow others to identify errors, refine theories and reuse of data. He states that everyone will benefit from a more open information access.

The article reports on the declaration made by the White House that government-funded research in the U.S. would be made accessible for the public by 12 months after publication, rather than kept behind paywalls. It notes that federal agencies have been give until August 22, 2013 to produce plans for making the data and papers from the research they fund more accessible to all. Open-access advocacy group Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition called the memorandum a landmark.

The article reports on the legal battle faced by the gene-testing firms. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California addressed a biotechnology industry convention about issues in the U. S. regulation. This paper focuses on the legal battle between Kari Stefansson's company about the deCODE genetics located in Reykjavik, Iceland and the California Department of Public Health. Civil case and criminal sanctions are being filed against the company for allegedly failing to have a clinical laboratory license in the state for genetics tests.

Examines a discussion paper by European Union (EU) Research Commissioner Edith Cresson, which says the EU's Fifth Framework Program for research (FP5) should focus more on social needs. The paper's approval in July 1996 by the full commission and presented to the EU Council of Ministers; Cresson's view that FP5 should be organized around a limited set of objectives; Trying to meet the social and economic needs of European citizens.

States that last week's government White Paper on British research policy has the air of finality proper in a policy statement. Assertion that there are several passages which deny the Haldane principle; Other criticisms of the document; Additional information.

In this article, the author discusses the need for China to improve the quality of its research publication. According to a 2011 report of the Londons's Royal Society, China produced the second highest quantity of scientific papers but is ranked ninth in the citation aspect. He presents several areas that must be addressed by China to improve its research's quality including the importance of wide data sharing, better data access, and international collaboration improvements.

The article focuses on the growing demand of lawmakers for greater public access to the literature. The demand is increasing in many fields like biomedicine. It is expected that the U.S. president Barack Obama will issue an executive order to make authors' or publishers' versions of research papers publicly available in the PubMed Central repository within 12 months of publication. It suggests that publishers should recognize that science's social contract is moving towards greater openness.

Reports on the European Science Foundation's (ESF) call on Europe to reinvigorate its commitment to scientific research in order to boost its ability to compete internationally. Launching of position paper on the European Commission's Fifth Framework Program in 1998; Focus on five themes that are considered crucial to social and economic development in Europe.

Looks at an annual white paper from the Science and Technology Agency, that reveals that local governments provide a growing share of public spending on research in Japan. The Council of Science and Technology, Japan's highest science policy-making body; More.