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Unstable Funding ‘Constrains’ Diamond Open Access in Africa
Journals that do not charge authors or readers struggle with staffing and budgeting, study finds
China's Big-Science Bet
Assessments of Research Culture Should Be Open About Failure
Research assessments regularly focus on outstanding and unique achievements, rather than the everyday failures and disappointments associated with academic work. Discussing a recent self-assessment and annual research report at Maastricht University that took a more candid approach to failure, Sally Wyatt suggests that research culture can benefit from a more realistic appraisal of failure.
Processing Horizon Europe Grants is Taking 23 Days Longer Than Horizon 2020
Teamwork is Good for Science - but Maybe Not for Young Researchers' Careers
Teamwork is Good for Science - but Maybe Not for Young Researchers' Careers
What We Talk About When We Talk About Impact
The Citation Black Market: Schemes Selling Fake References Alarm Scientists
The Citation Black Market: Schemes Selling Fake References Alarm Scientists
Despite Strong Interest in Physics, Some Universities Are Shuttering Departments
Harris Vs. Project 2025: Competing Science Visions
Budding Scientists Inherit Career Success — or the Lack of it — from Their Mentors
Cash for Catching Scientific Errors
'There's a Lot of Privilege Masquerading As Merit': Why Inclusion Matters in Academia
The Rat Race for Research Funding Delays Scientific Progress
The scramble to get academic research funded contributes to society's inability to handle issues such as climate change.
How to Win Funding to Talk About Your Science
Remapping Science - Researchers Reckon with a Colonial Legacy
The scientific enterprise both fueled, and was fueled by, the colonial one. Today, the smudged fingerprints of colonization still linger on the scientific enterprise.
Scientists Uncover Ancient Origin of Cultural and Linguistic Networks of Central African Hunter-Gatherers
Scientists Uncover Ancient Origin of Cultural and Linguistic Networks of Central African Hunter-Gatherers
China Considers Easing Immigration for International Scientists
University of Kansas Study Explores the Transformation of Educational System with the Advent of Artificial Intelligence
University of Kansas Study Explores the Transformation of Educational System with the Advent of Artificial Intelligence
Empowering Women - a Key to Both Sustainable Energy and Gender Justice
$1.5 Million Grant Will Build Global Network to Prevent Exploitation of Indigenous Data
$1.5 Million Grant Will Build Global Network to Prevent Exploitation of Indigenous Data
Researchers are establishing a framework that protects the way Indigenous data is collected and used around the world, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
A Model of Faulty and Faultless Disagreement for Post-hoc Assessments of Knowledge Utilization in Evidence-based Policymaking
A Model of Faulty and Faultless Disagreement for Post-hoc Assessments of Knowledge Utilization in Evidence-based Policymaking
When evidence-based policymaking is so often mired in disagreement and controversy, how can we know if the process is meeting its stated goals?
Science should save all, not just some
Discussions around global equity and justice in science typically emphasize the lack of diversity in the editorial boards of scientific journals, inequities in authorship, “parachute research,” dominance of the English language, or scientific awards garnered predominantly by Global North scientists. These inequities are pervasive and must be redressed. But there is a bigger problem. The legacy of colonialism in scientific research includes an intellectual property system that favors Global North countries and the big corporations they support. This unfairness shows up in who gets access to the fruits of science and raises the question of who science is designed to serve or save.
Empowering Patient Research
For far too long, medicine has ignored the valuable insights that patients have into their own diseases.