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In this Policy Forum, Cong Cao and Richard P. Suttmeier highlight the immense work and challenges China will encounter as it attempts to reform its scientific and technological development strategy.
The European Research Council has earned a reputation for quality—and for being risk averse
Despite progress, female researchers remain a minority and publish fewer papers.
Science is already losing out in the Netherlands.
Prior co-authorship relations have a large and significant influence on manuscript handling times, speeding up the editorial decision on average by 19 days.
Dr. Carlo Croce was repeatedly cleared by OhioState University, which reaped millions from hisgrants. Now, he faces new whistle-blower accusations.
Although researchers have relied on international resources such as the Protein Data Bank and Flybase for decades, the current system is unsustainable because it is largely funded by short-term grants.
Gender Report — Analysis of research performance through a gender lens across 20 years, 12 geographies, and 27 subject areas.
Without any doubt, the journal impact factor (IF) is one of the most debated scientometric indicators. Especially the use of the IF for assessing individual articles and their authors is highly controversial.
Campaign on Wikipedia seeks to reveal the hidden faces of female scientists and those from minority ethnic groups.
The gender and racial gaps in scientific professions illustrate the need for greater inclusion at all levels.
Google today said it is acquiring Kaggle, an online service that hosts data science and machine learning competitions.
Transcript of Moedas' speech on funding and innovation.
The number of backers a product attracts during crowdfunding predicts its financial success in the marketplace – not the amount of money raised.
The ability to participate in science has always been political. On International Women’s Day, scientists must decide how best to defend women’s rights
‘Leaky pipeline’ stands the test of time, with overall progress for women in research continuing at a crawl.
I learned not to develop any hard feelings against the reviewers or the editors...
Research on collective recall takes on new importance in a post-fact world.
The finalists of the 2017 Wellcome Image Awards have been announced, showcasing the best science-related imagery from the past year. This year’s crop features a bioluminescent squid, a high-tech contact lens, and a microscopic ‘brain’ on a chip.
Open access publishing is gaining more and more momentum, and post-publication peer review is becoming more common. Those developments have both upsides and downsides.
Does size matter? Apparently not, according to the students and faculty at the world’s outstanding small universities
Figures, HackScience and HipDynamics, three companies aiming to disrupt the academic space.
A ranking of the best science-news outlets misjudges the relationship between research and reporting.
To help scientists build a career, Pfunders must earmark cash, reduce emphasis on collaboration, and improve the application process.
The event has around 21 stated goals.
It is illegal to destroy government data, but agencies can make it more difficult to find by revising websites and creating other barriers to the underlying information.
