Gary McDowell, Misty Heggeness and colleagues present census data showing how the biomedical workforce is fundamentally different to those of past generations – academia should study the trends, and adapt.
Oxford researchers are advised that the University’s Research Committee has approved a revised policy for allocating funds from the RCUK Open Access block grant.
Critics of scientific publishing had hoped for a bigger shake-up from the global crisis.
If researchers are to meet society's expectations, their training and mentoring must escape the nineteenth century.
Speaking to Science|Business, an official leading the country’s scientific relations says he is “not happy” with exclusions
In April, we announced we were pausing our public engagement funding to thoroughly review and explore the best ways for us to support public engagement activities in future. Now, we’re pleased – and more than a little excited – to share the outcome of this work.
Nothing burdens the heart of a journal editor more than rejecting an article. Partly, this is because you know you're giving someone…
News coverage of scientific studies can be misleading. Here's how to tell the good from the bad.
Laureates produce fewer papers but with higher average citations, more sole-authored papers both before and after winning the Prize, and have a lower number of coauthors across their entire careers than the matched group.
Preprints are receiving welcome attention these days for being an integral part of research communication. We announce that starting this week researchers will be able to directly submit their manuscripts to PeerJ for peer review from the popular preprint server bioRxiv.
In an ambitious international collaboration, researchers have "mapped" proteins in the coronavirus and identified 50 drugs to test against it.
The African Union Commission (AUC) has launched a decisive effort to bridge the gap between scientific research and policy action, inaugurating the first-ever Symposium of the Africa Science and Technology Advisory Group on Disaster Risk Reduction in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
US funding agencies are turning to a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to focus fledgling biomedical companies on success — even when that means making a scientific course correction.
In the latest ploy, a group of researchers in Poland tried to seat a fictional scholar onto the editorial boards of 360 academic publications.
Academia needs to carefully evaluate why new family friendly policies have not been very effective.
Richard Horton says periodicals can no longer sit 'passively waiting' for submissions and should instead focus on issues such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
This seminal document is the result of extensive consultations and deliberations with EUA members and partners over a six-month period in 2020. It sets out a vision of resilient and effective universities, serving Europe's societies towards a better future.
More than the COVID-19 pandemic, lack of leadership is imperiling Biden's intent to reinvigorate American science.
The young membership, frequency of elections and relaxed networks in science societies may provide vital positive influence for female promotion in STEM.
As open access (OA) to publications continues to gather momentum, we should continuously question whether it is moving in the right direction.
In practice the way in which research impacts and influences policy and society is often thought to be a rational, ordered and linear process. Whilst this might represent a ‘common sense’ understanding of research impact, this post reflects on how upending the primacy of data and embracing complexity can lead to a more nuanced and effective understanding of research impact.
Over the past few weeks, prominent scientific publications have condemned President Donald Trump's record on science. This is unprecedented.
