Some scientists say they should have the right to review stories in which their work or words are covered prior to publication. Journalists disagree.

Robert-Jan Smits, the European Union’s departing director-general of research, sets out his parting thoughts. After eight years, he hands over his role as director-general of the European Commission’s research directorate to Jean-Eric Paquet, currently a deputy-secretary-general at the commission.

What type of university system do we want? One with a casualised workforce and vice-chancellors who can claim they deserve exorbitant pay packages for running commercial organisations? Or one in wh…

There has been no precedent for this kind of access in the history of scientific enterprise.

Academia is unique in that professionals with highly specialized expertise, who are paid by public institutions, write articles and provide peer reviews to corporations who profit greatly without giving back to the research enterprise.

Senior levels of science are male dominated, but work is underway to restore the balance.

How effectively are UK higher education institutions engaging with the broader use of metrics in research assessment?

Some scientists want to change the old-fashioned way scientific advancements are evaluated and communicated. But they have to overcome the power structure of the traditional journal vetting process.

The case for decentralized, trusted platforms for the dissemination of scientific information and attribution.

Government departments must foster a culture supporting free speech, advocates say.

Marie Curie was born 150 years ago and is still the only female scientist many people can name.

By engaging in efforts to help normalize pregnancy, lactation, and child care, we can come closer to creating a culture of equity and inclusion that benefits everyone.

The publishing system builds in resistance to replication. Paul Gertler, Sebastian Galiani and Mauricio Romero surveyed economics journals to find out how to fix it.

The concept of research excellence is ubiquitous, but its meaning depends on context.

Blockchain offers a route to a true scholarly commons.

There is a significant discrepancy between the reality of academic publishing and the optimism of politicians and science functionaries who praise Open Access as a panacea for all the ills afflicting science culture.

Although the #MeToo movement does not give a complete picture of how the problem manifests in working life and other environments, this author believes that it can have a preventive effect in some cases.

If clinicians are expected to change their practice based on their reading of medical journals, they need to know that the evidence in published papers can be verified.

Chinese investment is paying off with serious advances in biotech, computing and space. Are they edging ahead of the west?

It’s wreaking havoc in universities and jeopardizing the progress of research.

Because Trump has not nominated someone to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Michael Kratsios is the de facto leader.

I was told impact metrics could make or break careers. Instead, they broke my faith in scientific research.

Last summer we launched our interactive figures initiative with plotly. Since then, we have published 22 interactives figures in seven articles across two platforms. In this post authors describe their figures and share why they wanted to make them interactive.

What two Times journalists learned from trying to quote more female experts.

The U.S. government does not consider sexual harassment a form of scientific misconduct. Should it?

Research into jobs finds men's dominance in IT and biotech is reversing the trend towards equality.

Many doctoral curricula aim to produce narrowly focused researchers rather than critical thinkers. That can and must change, says Gundula Bosch.

Climate skeptics, conspiracy theorists, and the anti-immunization movement are on the rise. At the same time, fraudulent research and issues with the replicability of scientific results prompt the question if science is still a reliable source for political decision-making.

Societal impact should be rated more highly in scientific publishing and research evaluation. To this end, we suggest that ways to achieve it should be introduced as an important component of curricula at higher-education institutions.

The unsustainable nature of the digital data landscape, the quality and credibility of the data themselves, and how data sources currently represent only privileged individuals, are challenges that can be overcome, but to do so requires significant investment in key data governance priorities.