It's a common complaint among academics: today's researchers are publishing too much, too fast. But just how fast is the mass of scientific output actually growing?

A survey focusing on the functions and working process of consortia, as well as on the conditions of contracts for big deals concerning scientific periodicals, databases, and e-books. The results of the survey show that consortia broadly represent the interests of relevant stakeholders from the university and library sectors and are largely driven by researchers’ needs.

In the quest for the research money it is more important how researchers build their collaboration network than what publications they produce and whether they are cited.

Completing a Marie Curie Fellowship does have beneficial impacts on a researcher’s career prospects. These positive effects are more marked for academic researchers, while there is room for improving collaboration and mutual benefits with the private sector.

The effort researchers waste in writing proposals may be comparable to the total scientific value of the additional funding, especially when only a small percentage of proposals are funded.

Report based on four workshops organized by the initiators of Science in Transition in the spring of 2013.

Accounting for audience gender ratio, men asked 1.8 questions for each question asked by a woman.

Answers of the annual Edge.org question posed to leading thinkers and scientists.
 

The production, archival, and sharing of data may actually be a more effective way to contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge.

A law that aimed to stimulate the creation of spin-offs hasn't had much effect.

Scientists need funding to do their work. But a new study finds turning to industry partners taints perceptions of university research, and including other kinds of partners doesn't really help.

Retractions of scientific papers have recently been in the spotlight. Unfortunately, the interpretation of statistics about them is often flawed. Evidence suggests that retractions have grown not because of rising misconduct, but because scientists have become more aware of and responsive against fraudulent and flawed research.

While postdocs are necessary for entry into tenure-track jobs, they do not enhance salaries in other job sectors over time.