Today’s Solutions: August 18, 2026

Do you have a great idea for a study that you want to share with the world? A new journal will gladly publish it. Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO) will also publish papers on your methods, workflows, data, reports, and software—in short, “all outputs of the research cycle.” RIO, an open access (OA) journal, was officially launched today and will start accepting submissions in November. “We’re interested in making the full process of science open,”…

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