While postdocs are necessary for entry into tenure-track jobs, they do not enhance salaries in other job sectors over time.
A survey of 2,955 readers of 40 randomly selected science blogs.
Nobel prizewinning astrophysicist reflects on the perceptions and realities of how big breakthroughs are made.
Research can produce good evidence to inform local, national and international policy that, in turn, has the potential to transform lives for the better. But influencing policy is neither easy nor automatic – you need to want to do it. To be successful, you need to be open to different ways of working. Here are 10 things you need to know.
In a sweeping manifesto, researchers from the U.S. and Europe have proposed some fixes for vetting published science. It might help science journalism, too.
How can firms benefit most under economic downturns?
Shouldn't all research be, first and foremost, accessible? Accessibility underpins equality.
The 21st International Conference on Electronic Publishing, 6 - 8 June, 2017, Limassol, Cyprus.
Publications such as Nature and Science have policies that clash with the global health charity's open-access mandate.
Understanding the unwritten rules of graduate study is vital if you want to get the most from your PhD supervision.
A small number of scientists band together to reference each other’s work, gaming the citation system to make their studies appear to be more important.
Reproducibility guru, former defence-research official and controversial entrepreneur rumoured to be on list, along with current NIH leader and a congressman.
Some of the major mistakes early career researchers make when preparing and submitting a manuscript to a scientific journal.
Evidence that women and men are judged differently when they co-author papers.
The potential advantages and challenges involved in a shift away from for-profit journals in favor of institutional open access publishing.
Despite frequent claims to the contrary, social media tools such as Twitter can be incredibly valuable for scholars.
Elsevier’s Open Access journals as of 2016.
The Research Council of Norway will play a key role in implementing the cross-sectoral strategy that forms the basis for national investment in the bioeconomy.
Technological change demands stronger and more continuous connections between education and employment.
The number of predatory publishers is skyrocketing – and they’re eager to pounce on unsuspecting scholars.
Jeffrey Beall’s blog was shut down for an unknown reasons.
New device will probe smog and other chemical reactions in gases.
The work could lead to a new approach to the study of what is possible, and how it follows from what already exists.
What does it mean to be a biohacker, and is this a new revolution for science?
From immunotherapies to diagnostics, an expert panel outlines research goals for broad initiative.
