Data from several lines of evidence suggest that the methodological quality of scientific experiments does not increase with increasing rank of the journal.
Perception that time should be spent improving research prowess.
The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles. The infographic indicates patterns of international collaboration captured by the Nature Index.
Information for researchers who are interested in adopting an Electronic Lab Notebook system for documenting research and managing data.
It's hard to know just how many scientists have turned to activism in the last few years. But many researchers say they've noticed a change.
Double-masking is a sensible and easy way to lower your risk when you have to spend more time around others - in a taxi, on a train or plane, or at an inauguration.
The right to a healthy environment and a safe climate for all should be on the agenda for the proposed Citizens' Assembly.
The Royal Society has not been able to find any reason why so few women were successful in securing awards from one of its fellowship schemes in 2014
Research ministers have agreed to more aggressively police foreign participation in the EU's research programme, adding a new provision to Horizon Europe that is aimed primarily at preventing China and the US from getting access to sensitive European research.
Federal climate plans created under the former president, tribal assistance programs, and references to international cooperation have been stricken from the EPA’s website
Journals are exploring new approaches to peer review in order to reduce bias, increase transparency and respond to author preferences. Funders are also getting involved.
The decision by The Review of Higher Education, a highly respected academic journal, to temporarily suspend submissions due to a backlog of more than two years’ worth of articles awaiting reviews or publication set off a twitter storm and much debate in the corridors of academia about the future of academic publishing, and in particular its very foundation, blind peer review.
Some highly cited academics seem to be heavy self-promoters - but researchers warn against policing self-citation.
The world's third largest producer of scientific research, Germany, is the origin of the research university and the independent, extra-university research institute. Its dual-pillar research policy differentiates these organizational forms functionally: universities specialize in advanced research-based teaching; institutes specialize intensely on research. This article discusses the future utility of the dual-pillar policy.
The UK has launched a five-year US$630 million fund to support science and innovation partnerships with researchers in developing countries that will focus on economic development.
Mobile health apps are becoming more capable and potentially rather useful
More than 400 authors on some 100 papers from a single journal face punishments
Funders should award competitive grants directly to journals to underwrite the costs of open access, urges Adriano Aguzzi.
Competition and conflicts of interest distort too many medical findings
The knowledge that we produce in our publicly funded works belongs to humankind and must not be locked up behind pay-walls— newly submitted papers should be open-access and older ones open-archive.
There are many obstacles to bringing the power of 21st-century technology to the NHS. But that shouldn't stop us trying.
Some see National Science Foundation move as latest retreat in US diplomacy under Trump administration – but agency says it will send more science envoys on visits abroad.
Over the past two decades, Sub-Saharan Africa has stepped up its scientific production and its investment in higher education.
