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How Immigrants Make American Science Great

How Immigrants Make American Science Great

Who is responsible for producing US science? To a large degree, the answer is: immigrants.

Peer Review Has Its Shortcomings, But AI Is a Risky Fix

Peer Review Has Its Shortcomings, But AI Is a Risky Fix

A European professor and journal editor argues that the use of AI in peer review could hamper scientific advancement.

Conflicts of Interest and Authorship of Industry‐Sponsored Publications

Conflicts of Interest and Authorship of Industry‐Sponsored Publications

Discussing the role of investigators in the authorship of industry-sponsored publications.

Unsackable Senior Staff Make Life Even Harder for Junior Academics

Unsackable Senior Staff Make Life Even Harder for Junior Academics

As expectations of early career researchers rise ever higher, some established colleagues are failing to pull their weight.

UK Scientists' Loss of Influence to Be Felt at Home and Across Europe

UK Scientists' Loss of Influence to Be Felt at Home and Across Europe

Thomas König examines the consequences of the predicted fall of influence of British scientists on the future of European science.

Can New Models of Publishing Better Salvage the Benefits of Peer Review?

Can New Models of Publishing Better Salvage the Benefits of Peer Review?

Do journals do a good job of finding appropriate peers to review papers? Are editors always in the best place to decide the fate of a paper based on a severely limited sampling of peer reports?

President Trump and Science: 10 Things to Look for (and Fear?)

President Trump and Science: 10 Things to Look for (and Fear?)

U.S. scientists wait anxiously for the new administration to flesh out its policies.

Moral Dilemma: Should We Reshape Society Because We Can?

Moral Dilemma: Should We Reshape Society Because We Can?

Traditional values will not serve us well when it comes to debating the ethics of novel technologies such as self-driving cars. We need a new moral code.

Advice on how to write effective tenure-review letters

Advice on how to write effective tenure-review letters

Many professors frequently write tenure-review letters, but as a community, we’re not regularly discussing how we should be doing so, argues Eric Goldman.

For U.S. Science Policy, Big Shift Ahead

For U.S. Science Policy, Big Shift Ahead

How Congress and Trump could affect the chemistry enterprise.

Scientific 'Cartels' Band Together to Cite Each Others' Work

Scientific 'Cartels' Band Together to Cite Each Others' Work

A small number of scientists band together to reference each other’s work, gaming the citation system to make their studies appear to be more important.