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Papers retracted due to misconduct accounted for approximately $58 million in direct funding by the NIH between 1992 and 2012, less than 1% of the NIH budget over this period.
The new EU data protection regulations adopted earlier this year by the European Parliament would undermine important research using personal data.
A number of suggestions for the new AAAS open access journal Science Advances.
Dan Huttenlocher, dean of the Cornell Tech Campus, shares what it's like building an innovation center.
eLife has released its 2013 financials, which give an indication of what a premier OA journal article costs to produce.
On the state of the postdoc — the staple of the science scholar's life cycle that's now gaining steam in the humanities.
Exploring the topic together with ERC grantees and other researchers, with representatives from funding bodies, universities and other research performers, with publishers, policy makers and other interested parties.
Did you ever wonder why it says QWERTY up on the left of your keyboard? And what does it have to do with academic publishing?
Maryam Mirzakhani is among four young researchers to win Fields Medals, awarded every four years.
Paper turned down for plagiarising surfaces in another of publisher’s journals.
Overview of some of the approaches that research funders take to open access and why.
Google is allegedly working on a free, open access platform for the research, collaboration and publishing of peer-reviewed scientific journals. At least, that is apparently what one individual wants us to believe.
Women continue to face serious obstacles when pursuing a scientific career in Switzerland, with the juggle of family life and research particularly difficult.
Scientific publishers producing model copyright licences will make it harder for academic research to be a "first class citizen of the web".
Es ist höchst eigenartig: Die Schweiz driftet, seit dem 9. Februar mit erhöhter Geschwindigkeit, auf eine gewaltige Bewährungsprobe zu, doch die politischen Parteien bleiben weitgehend stumm.
Arbeitserfahrungen im Ausland gelten in der Wissenschaft als Tugend - Doch viele Forscher kehren nach Jahren des Wanderns nicht mehr zurück.
Africa has a poor reputation for scientific innovation. But when South Africa jointly won a bid in 2012 to host the world's largest science project, for a radio telescope called the Square Kilometre Array, it hoped to foster a new image.
Position paper issued by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences.
Visions for open evaluation of scientific papers by post-publication peer review.
Switzerland is the world’s most innovative economy, followed by Sweden, Singapore, Hong Kong and Finland, according to the GII 2014.
Giant academic social networks have taken off to a degree that no one expected even a few years ago. A Nature survey explores why.
Graduate students struggling with the stresses of their work and lives can tap into multiple avenues of support.
Where do students go to study? Where do they come from?
A palaeontologist, an astronomer, a chemist - into the pantheon of children's toys stride three new Lego characters. Not so surprising. Except the scientists are all female.
The US Department of Energy has revealed how papers from research it funds will become free to read.
The goal of the consultation is to better understand the full societal potential of 'Science 2.0' as well as the desirability of any possible policy action
One of Japan's top stem cell researchers, died in an apparent suicide. He was famous for his ability to coax embryonic stem cells to differentiate into other cell types.
Another stem cell paper has been retracted from Nature, this one a highly cited 2008 study. This is the 7th retraction in Nature this year.
A top Canadian government research organisation has been struck by Chinese hackers, the government has said.
