Appointing early-career researchers to positions of influence within scientific societies would be mutually beneficial for both.

There is an ongoing need for researchers and all stakeholders to better understand issues surrounding antibody characterization to improve the quality and reproducibility of research that employs these reagents.

Cutting down on long-distance air travel is the best way to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by the scientific community.

Universities must change so that the scientific enterprise can respond to the climate crisis.

Journals and other scientific organizations produce a diverse variety of plain-language summaries.

Individual scientists, scientific communities and scientific journals can do more to assess the publication of irreproducible results, to promote good science, and to increase the efficiency with which the scientific community self-corrects.

Virtual conferences benefit the scientific community by increasing the number and diversity of attendees compared to in-person conferences, and by being less time consuming, more economic and environmentally friendly.

Tackling unconscious bias is a major challenge for journals and the rest of the scientific community.

A growing number of research journals, scientific societies, medical charities and other organizations are publishing summaries of research papers and proposals that explain their content in plain language.

As he prepares to step down as the Editor-in-Chief of eLife, Randy Schekman reflects on the origins of the journal, the eLife approach to peer review, and current challenges in scientific publishing.