Frequent rejection and a loss of control are making university staff isolated and ill, new research shows

Proactive, cosmopolitan and open, the European Union is filling a leadership void on the global stage.

Language, cultural differences and expense are common downsides in some European countries, but researchers who land in Europe love the opportunities to learn new techniques, work in a diverse setting and polish their confidence.

Nature asked nine leading Europeans to pick their top priority for science at this pivotal point. Love, money, and trust got the most votes.

Published peer review is now an available option for all PLOS journal submissions.

Support from mainstream diversity initiatives would create a virtuous circle of visibility and benefit science for all, urges Jon Freeman.

We need to let non-scientists know that science isn't based on "proof," but rather on the practice of testing and checking one another's work.

Gran Sasso lab plans to shut down two of its large experiments in 2020.

Wie die Innovationsförderung des Bundes in ein bürokratisches Ungetüm verwandelt wurde.

Former EuroScience Secretary General Peter Tindemans, argues that it is good news that the European Parliament and European Council have reached a partial agreement on the contours of Horizon Europe, the next EU R&D programme.

I attended csv,conf,v4 in Portland, Oregon in May 2019. Here are a few reflections about the conference and a bit about my talk where I shared progress from the Openscapes Champions.

The Series of Unsurprising Results in Economics (SURE) is an e-journal of high-quality research with "unsurprising" findings. We publish scientifically important and carefully-executed studies with statistically insignificant or otherwise unsurprising results. Studies from all fields of Economics will be considered. SURE is an open-access journal and there are no submission charges. SURE benefits readers by: Mitigating the … Continue reading Aim and Scope →

Registered Reports emphasize the importance of the research question and the quality of methodology by conducting peer review prior to data collection. High quality protocols are then provisionally accepted for publication if the authors follow through with the registered methodology.

New International Research and Innovation Strategy launched to ensure the UK remains a global leader in science.

The first international meeting on postgraduate mental health was an important step, but much more is needed to solve academia's crisis.

Countries in southeast Asia, Africa and South America lead the way on free-to-read literature.

The country's major funding agency says the tool reduces the time it takes to find referees.

Expert advice on how to prepare a perfect funding application

"Today I speak to you of war. A war that has pitted statistician against statistician for nearly 100 years. A mathematical conflict that has recently come to the attention of the ‘normal’ people."

At PLOS ONE we like to speed up the publication process wherever we can. We like science to be out in the open, and publication of peer-reviewed research to take place without undue delays, so that others can use and build upon the findings. Aligned with our founding mission, we aim to be as fast as we can while remaining true to our publication criteria and without compromising the quality of the peer review process.

The progress of Open Access (OA) is often measured by the proportion of journals that have transitioned to OA publication models. However, a number of journals have made the opposite choice and moved from open to closed access.

Open science can lead to greater collaboration, increased confidence in findings and goodwill between researchers.

At Springer Nature we want to find the fastest and most effective route to immediate open access (OA) for all primary research. This blog describes a potential significant way to progress it.

Improving the culture surrounding mental health for postgraduates and PhD students also crucial to maintaining a healthy research system.

Alex Freeman describes how her love for storytelling propelled her from producing TV programmes to reinventing science publishing.

Colleagues, funders and institutions can support pregnant researchers in a variety of ways.

Open access has always been promoted for its reputational benefits. The OA citation advantage is one way in which advocates try to convince researchers of the benefits of publicly sharing their work. But researchers are also motivated by the need to publish in prestigious and ‘high-impact’ venues, which often precludes the possibility of open access forms of publication.

A small body of evidence suggests that when it comes to decision making, indoor air may matter more than we have realized.

A team of researchers led by RIT Professor Casey Miller discovered that traditional admissions metrics for physics Ph.D. programs such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) do not predict completion and hurt the growth of diversity in physics.

Two years after its initial entry into the marketplace, Cabell's Blacklist has matured into a carefully crafted and highly useful directory of predatory and deceptive journals.