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Science is built on integrity and trustworthiness so when a flood of low-quality or fraudulent papers enter the system unchecked, trust in science is damaged. Bernhard A Sabel at the Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Germany and Dan Larhammar at Uppsala University, Sweden present the ‘Stockholm Declaration’ for the ‘Reformation of Science Publishing’ published in Royal Society Open Science.

Why did the Royal Society reject a 1932 scientific paper on the use of X-rays to stimulate the retina? Louisiane Ferlier investigates.

Archival material on papers deemed unsuitable for publication by the Royal Society is being made available for the first time, as Kiera Evans reports.

The work of Professor Thema Monroe-White provides the strongest evidence yet that a scientist’s background influences the research they pursue and the technology they build.

“Being faced with an environment where you are expected not to excel can be demoralising and shake your confidence. I would advise anyone starting out to find a topic they love and an environment that is nurturing. Stand up for your values and strive to do the best work you can, as excellence will shine through.”

At a recent First Tech Challenge event, a team of young women showed me the design of their robot. They were proud, enthusiastic and passionate; “before this we would never have considered a career in engineering, but now we wouldn't consider anything else”. It was a deeply inspiring conversation.

Highlighted as one of Royal Society Open Biology's most popular articles this year, the team reveals how transient manipulation of a key developmental signalling pathway - sonic hedgehog (Shh) - can induce a dramatic shift from chemical pattern formation to mechanical skin folding in developing chicken embryos.

To celebrate Open Access Week, we highlight some of our best-performing articles from the past year. We hope you’ll enjoy reading them as much as we have.

Interface Focus recently published a theme issue on 'Combinatorial models for evolving representation of dynamical behaviours in biological networks’. In this blog post, Guest Editors Madalena Chaves, Elisabeth Remy and Elena Queirolo tell us more.

Vida Milovanovic discovers a fascinating connection between lighthouses and the Royal Society.

We are pleased to welcome Gerry Graham as our new Immunology Subject Editor for Open Biology.

Intrigued by a portrait that was briefly part of the Royal Society’s collection, Ainsley Vinall investigates some other 'paintings that got away'.