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Many Junior Scientists Need to Take a Hard Look at Their Job Prospects
Permanent jobs in academia are scarce, and someone needs to let PhD students know.
Top Chinese University to Consider Social-Media Posts in Researcher Evaluations
The Misleading Narrative of the Canonical Faculty Productivity Trajectory
80% of faculty exhibit a rich diversity of productivity patterns.
Faculty Careers Can Progress in Many Directions
A new study highlights the variety of productivity trajectories among faculty members in computer science.
Academe’s Prestige Problem
Professors and aspiring professors are complicit in perpetuating a rigged system.
We Hail Individual Geniuses, but Success in Science Comes through Collaboration
More Resources for Assistant Professors
With the aim of maintaining the competitiveness of Swiss research, the SNSF is launching a new career funding scheme at assistant professor level.
Academics' Top Tips for Publishing Success
Is your resolution for the new academic year to publish more? Here, 16 scholars give advice on pitching, editing and writing – and dealing with negative peer reviews.
Scientists: Advertise Your Failures!
They’re a part of every career, and being upfront about them can help put things in perspective.
The Stress of Academic Publishing
The waiting is, indeed, the hardest part, but some academics cope with it better than others.
The Declining Interest in an Academic Career
A paper showing that science and engineering PhD students lose interest in an academic career over the course of graduate training.
The Unhappy Postdoc
A survey of 190 postdocs in North America reveals a surprisingly unhappy postdoc community with low satisfaction with life scores.
Faculty Promotion Must Assess Reproducibility
Research institutions should explicitly seek job candidates who can be frankly self-critical of their work, says Jeffrey Flier.
Research Your Career Options Well Before Graduation
A recent book guides Ph.D. students and postdocs through the process of preparing for a career outside academe.
How Retractions Hurt Scientists' Credibility
Study finds faulty research creates a significant drop in use of prior published work.
Options for Scientists
Most PhD students in the biological sciences will not go on to become academics.
Know the Vital Players in Your Career: Tenure-Track Peers
What you should look for in an academic friend.
The Human Cost of the Pressures of Postdoctoral Research
A paper on conformal algebra has recently caused a stir on social media. Not because of the science, but rather the heartfelt plea in the acknowledgements.
The Toll of Short-Term Contracts
As a new French report highlights, early-career researchers face significant challenges landing permanent academic positions—but there may also be some rays of hope.
A Paper on Field Theory Delivers a Wake-Up Call to Academics
Oliver Rosten believes the postdoctoral system played a role in his friend’s suicide. Disseminating that opinion in a scientific journal took perseverance.