China, the US and the EU's race to control their own scientific advances and cut out supply chain dependencies could lead to a "decoupling" of research activities at a time when collaboration to solve global issues is crucial, says a stark report by the OECD.
Over the summer, Greenland’s two largest research institutions, the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and the University of Greenland, both announced policies of not starting new research projects with US researchers.
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Scientific manuscript tracking and pre-prints with the In Review service from Springer Nature and Research Square.
Ukraine urgently needs new doctoral schools to train its next generation of academics, according to a senior Ukrainian science administrator. He warned that, without that and other measures to stop "internal brain drain", many researchers are fleeing universities for better paid IT jobs in order to make ends meet. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, European countries have launched countless schemes and scholarships to help displaced Ukrainian students and academics.
The Winnower will power a range of publishing services for researchers who are writing on Authorea.
Article exploring the journal peer review process, examining how the reviewing process might itself contribute to papers, leading them to be more highly cited and to achieve greater recognition.
During this unprecedented global emergency, LIBER calls on European Commissioners, Member State governments, publishers and authors to urgently help libraries, universities and other educational establishments, so that they can continue supplying researchers, teachers and students with access to books, archives and other instructional materials.
Within the scientific community, the words "open science" have been on everyone's lips in recent years. Open science entails a great promise of a democracy of knowledge, and it is considered to be a universally good thing.
What are the right lessons to draw from the rise in scientific retractions?
A surprising number of physicists and astronomers and STEM professionals compete in long, hard, miserable athletic endeavors like ultramarathons. Why?
Professor Aled Edwards asks why we need an Intellectual Property law.
In the 2nd installment of 3 career-focused articles, scientists contemplate why a book project was the perfect addition to the dynamic middle stage of their professional journeys.
These are dark times for science so we asked hundreds of researchers how to fix it.
As United States and British legislators tighten the screws on travel and visa rules, they might be squeezing out international researchers and students. Canadian universities, meanwhile, are seeing surging interest from both groups.
A summit, entitled “Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science”, took place at CERN from 10 to 14 July, bringing together representatives from 70 scientific institutions to discuss how to develop and implement open science policies across the globe.
All they needed to be more open with their data was the promise of a badge showing they did it.
Cancer Research UK will be able to revoke grants if researchers and institutions do not abide by its new behaviour policy.
Coronavirus shows why open publishing is vital, but could make it unaffordable, says Martin Eve.
Facing tighter restrictions on access to key technologies and an increasingly competitive global scientific landscape, China has launched a major shake-up of its research organizations in pursuit of “self-reliance” in science and technology.
Roughly 90% of researchers in a recent survey said scientists and policymakers don't communicate enough. But, only about 60% said they were sure of the names of their elected federal representatives.
Women’s median annual earnings stubbornly remain about 20 percent below men’s. Why is progress stalling?
To keep authorship fair, journals in all fields should list authors based on their contribution rather than in alphabetical order.
"Manned" spaceflight doesn't make sense anymore.
A research institute that appointed Pier Paolo Pandolfi as its scientific director has reversed its decision after internal protests.
Federal employees and some members of the public remain concerned over reports of political interference in science, specifically when it came to reporting scientific findings, a Biden administration report argues.
