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The research enterprise sometimes keeps scientists from pursuing the best ideas: intense competition forces researchers to prioritize publishing papers over tackling important questions. A special issue explores the problems facing early and mid-career scientists, and how to solve them.
Young researchers are having to fight harder than past generations for a smaller share of the academic pie.
Lynn Kamerlin makes a point of supporting her trainees' career aspirations, whatever they may be
A career in research development can offer a way for scientists to stay connected to research while also leveraging their soft skills
To ease the transition to a future professorship, trainees should spend some of their time on activities other than research, our contributors explain
Billy Bryan and Furaha Asani look at how to get the most out of your doctoral studies.
A new report sheds light on the varied funding schemes available for postdocs in Europe
We can all recognise the ambitious researcher at the conference who is anxious to advertise their own work. It resonates with my current work on academic self-promotion via university profile pages. And I start to wonder, is a new academic habitus beginning to emerge?
Postdoc positions in industry can teach people skills that they would not learn in academia.
New program aims to recruit and retain early-career scientists who are from gender, racial, ethnic, and other groups underrepresented in the life sciences, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Postdoc positions in industry can teach people skills that they would not learn in academia.
The peer-review system, despite its flaws, is a central component of the publication process. However, relatively little guidance is provided for early-career scientists on 2 important aspects of peer review:
The Council of the EU looks set to ask the European Research Council to consider setting up a new category of grants to help student researchers establish their careers.
Eight scientists share the secrets of being a successful principal investigator
Weâre interested in hearing about the challenges faced by early-career scientists worldwide, especially if you've recently started your own lab, are struggling to maintain a lab, or have left research. We want to hear your stories. Your answers may feature in articles published by Nature's news team.
The American Sociological Association is starting a conversation to include “public communication” -- work often largely ignored -- in the assessment of a scholar’s contributions. Why does it matter?
“Isn't this just a glorified postdoc position? Won't taking this offer hurt my chances of landing a tenure-track professor position?”
Utilizing 250,000 papers from ArXiv.org we construct large coauthorship networks to investigate how individual network positions influence scientific success. Surprisingly, inter(sub)disciplinary collaborations decrease the probability of getting a paper published in specialized journals for almost all positions.
The Bratislava Declaration of Young Researchers calls on member states and the European Commission to recognize the special role that young researchers play for science, development, innovation and economic growth in Europe.
Speakers covered topics including talking to your supervisor about career plans and navigating the evolving publishing landscape.
