No one complained about the lack of evidence for 20-second hand-washing. So why did we treat face masks differently?
Scientific skepticism is a global phenomenon. Social psychology researchers sought to find out why and what we can do about it.
It's human nature to spot patterns in data. But we should be careful about finding causal links where none may exist, says statistician David Spiegelhalter
Drawing on a natural experiment that occurred when German institutions lost access to journals published by Elsevier, W. Benedikt Schmal shows how female researchers made significantly different publication choices to their male counterparts during this period.
As a new French report highlights, early-career researchers face significant challenges landing permanent academic positions—but there may also be some rays of hope.
Journal publishing can no longer keep up with the pace of scientific research.
On average, researchers' impact dropped by a half to two-thirds over their careers.
Here’s what the Biden-Harris administration can do to repair the damage Trump has done.
On average, papers with an institutional e-mail address receive more citations than other ones.
The NSF and the NIH award tens of billions of dollars in annual science funding. How can this money be distributed as efficiently as possible to best promote scientific innovation and productivity?
Scientific research and its impact are closely linked with the promotion and protection of Human rights. It is imperative to act upon the unequal access to scientific benefits and to guarantee full access to scientific literature and knowledge for all.
University Librarian and Professor Jeffrey MacKie-Mason talks about why UC split with the academic publisher.
Scientists' creativity, entrepreneurialism and grasp of the complexity of the world are crucial attributes.
Science is international, but scientific publishing is dominated by English-language publications. This disproportionately benefits native or fluent English speakers. Steps to address the imbalance this creates are taken, and new technology may help.
The Web has greatly reduced the barriers to entry for new journals and other platforms for communicating scientific output, and the number of journals continues to multiply. This leaves readers and authors with the daunting cognitive challenge of navigating the literature and discerning contributions that are both relevant and significant.
Some evidence showing that the more revisions a paper undergoes, the greater its subsequent recognition in terms of citation impact.
There’s more money to be made investing in drugs that will extend cancer patients’ lives by a few months than in drugs that would prevent cancer in the first place.
Study of nearly 7,000 scientists also finds that more than half engage in 'questionable research practices'.
