Key recommendation of Stern review is adopted to help reduce workload for institutions

Elsevier’s CiteScore uses a larger database — and provides different results for the quality of journals.

Finland aiming to have open access to all scientific publications by 2020.

A look at the literature reveals shortcomings in the way OA and subscription models are being compared and suggests how future studies could build on existing research to provide a more accurate picture

Proposal would keep funding flat for most research agencies, but cuts could come early next year.

NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins said Friday that it would be a "privilege" to remain in that post if asked to stay by President-elect Donald Trump.

How could an article with numerous shortcomings be published in top-tier journal Nature? Hester van Santen reveals how the gate-keepers of science knowingly let flawed research slip through.

The University of Huddersfield tops list of institutions in England with the highest proportion of qualified academic staff, while London Business School is the worst performer.

36.4% of STEM grads still seeking employment or study.

Home Office looks at slashing numbers from 300,000 to 170,000 under tougher student visa rules

The open-access microbiology journal mSphere will give authors a "super-fast track" option toward publication. The idea has some ardent fans, but is also drawing doubts.

A worldwide coding competition reveals the universities producing the very best coders.

A little over 1 year ago, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) launched mSphere as an open-access, online, pan-microbial sciences journal. We established two major goals: publish cutting-edge science and implement policies and processes to make the publication experience less onerous for authors.

What academic research caught the public imagination in 2016?

One Trump adviser suggested that NASA no longer should conduct climate research and instead should focus on space exploration.