I’m in graduate school to learn, and preprints—draft versions of journal articles that are shared prior to peer review—offer a great opportunity to do just that. Here’s how preprints help young researchers grow in ways traditional types of scientific communication don’t.
As scientists struggle to connect with the public, they must consider new models for making research more accessible.
Researchers say the complaint filed against Elisabeth Bik could have a 'chilling effect' on scholarly criticism.
A team of researchers who found that people think they are more attractive when drinking alcohol, have scooped an Ig Nobel prize for their work. The researchers from France and the US confirmed the "beer goggle effect" also works on oneself.
With rightwing demagogues gaining power and public debate getting nastier, many are calling for a return to a more sensible politics. But this approach has its own fatal flaws.
This blog calls for a better scientific quality by pointing to the shortcomings in academia.
In this article, the Oppenheimer Generations Research and Conservation team's Dr Duncan MacFadyen and Rendani Nenguda write about the technical reports developed through the African Group of Negotiators Expert Support, which provides an armful of scientific evidence to underpin Africa's case at COP27.
Initiatives are in place to keep early-career investigators in the biomedical system, but more support is needed.
Between 2018 and 2020 China published 23.4% of the world's scientific papers, eclipsing the US.
Although thinking is the core business of scientists, we rarely ponder how it thrives best; this is ironic, as there is abundant scientific insight to draw upon.
Female researchers now account for 37 per cent of first authors in medicine’s top journals, says US study
A transitional arrangement means researchers in New Zealand can apply for Horizon Europe grants as of now, even though Brussels and Wellington have yet to fix a budget following the agreement last December under which New Zealand became the first country to secure full association to the research programme.
Efforts to reduce and prevent misconduct might be most effective if focused on promoting research integrity policies, improving mentoring and training, and encouraging transparent communication amongst researchers.
We ask prominent scholars to select a visual artifact of this time that will help future researchers understand the Covid-19 crisis.
I have never liked how scientific journals charge us to read the research that we produce. But that is another debate for another day. What I really hate is how they abuse this power to stifle debate in the name of their business interests.
Why is the one federal agency dedicated to revealing the unknown to humankind so difficult for many journalists to penetrate?
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is advancing five new principles for protecting scientific integrity, with an eye toward guarding against political interference across federal agencies.
Dr Patrick Vallance starts in his role as Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) today.
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is alarming. Like many researchers in computing and social science, writing scripts, bots, or scrapers that collect online data is a normal part of my work.
The scientific community must do a better job confronting the issues facing women in science, our author writes
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has announced the creation of a Scientific Advisory Board “to advise UN leaders on ... how to harness the benefits of these advances and mitigate potential risks.”
From astronomy to history, researchers in the Netherlands from all branches of science are feeling the impact of the assault on academic freedom in the United States.
A Comparative Study on Recruitment and Selection of Early-career Researchers
