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Diversify Nobel-prize Nominations Before It’s Too Late

Diversify Nobel-prize Nominations Before It’s Too Late

International scientific organizations are ready to help the committees that award the prizes to invite a wider range of nominators.

From Publication to Action: Connecting Science, Policy, and Public Attention for Ocean-related Climate Mitigation

From Publication to Action: Connecting Science, Policy, and Public Attention for Ocean-related Climate Mitigation

Through a narrative analysis of three case studies, this paper identifies that at a global scale, coordinated and well-designed policy with decisive implementation is key for catalysing step-changes in Ocean-related options progress.

ArXiv Versus AI Slop: Will Capping Preprint Submissions Work?

ArXiv Versus AI Slop: Will Capping Preprint Submissions Work?

Major preprint platform tightens its rules to curb a surge of submissions, including those generated by artificial-intelligence tools.

On Being a Scientist in a Disrupted Research Landscape

On Being a Scientist in a Disrupted Research Landscape

A new publication aims to train young scientists to act responsibly and ethically, be good stewards of public funding and trust, and navigate the broader responsibilities that come with being a scientist in this rapidly shifting landscape.

Citation Accuracy, Citation Noise, and Citation Bias: A Foundation of Citation Analysis

Citation Accuracy, Citation Noise, and Citation Bias: A Foundation of Citation Analysis

Citation analysis is widely used in research evaluation to assess the impact of scientific papers. These analyses rest on the assumption that citation decisions by authors are accurate, representing the flow of knowledge from cited to citing papers. However, in practice, researchers often cite for reasons that are not related to the fact that there has been (intellectual) input from previous papers. 

Public Controversies Cannot Be Settled by "following the Evidence"

Public Controversies Cannot Be Settled by "following the Evidence"

A close examination of three medical controversies shows how evidence, rather than resolving them, only takes effect when placed within instrumental narratives.

Between Google Scholar and ChatGPT: How Students Conduct Research in 2026

Between Google Scholar and ChatGPT: How Students Conduct Research in 2026

A new ZBW study involving 908 economics and business students examines how literature search is changing, where students encounter difficulties, and what this means for information literacy teaching in libraries.

Did an AI or a Human Write That Paper? New Detector Decides by Examining Its Ideas

Did an AI or a Human Write That Paper? New Detector Decides by Examining Its Ideas

Algorithm looks for clues about a paper's origin that text-based detectors miss.

Robot Pen Pals: a Systematic Analysis of Recent Trends in Scientific Correspondence

Robot Pen Pals: a Systematic Analysis of Recent Trends in Scientific Correspondence

This study identifies unusual growth in scientific correspondence after the widespread adoption of generative AI and suggests that AI may be contributing to publication inflation in a format that is citable, lightly regulated and often not peer reviewed.

Open Science is Compatible with Research Security, Says Canada’s Chief Science Advisor

Open Science is Compatible with Research Security, Says Canada’s Chief Science Advisor

Open science is “not incompatible” with research security and science leaders and policymakers should “demystify” the false dichotomy between the two, according to Mona Nemer, Canada’s chief science advisor.

AI agents are not good at interpreting science. What can be done?

AI agents are not good at interpreting science. What can be done?

As shortcomings of the agents become apparent, researchers are proposing strategies to help them improve their outputs.