Science is a brutally competitive field. Long days in the lab are a given. Every hour of available time is an advantage, especially in the crucial early years of a postdoctoral career.
Editors of academic journals have started noticing a trend: Women - who inevitably shoulder a greater share of family responsibilities - seem to be submitting fewer papers, while men are submitting up to 50 percent more than they usually would.
As part of its efforts to promote inclusiveness in research, eLife’s new Community Voices podcast provides a platform for scientists from diverse backgrounds to share their experiences.
Online survey to explore the culture of research in the UK and its effect on ethical conduct in science and the quality of research.
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and the University of California (UC) announced a two-year agreement that will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish in the nonprofit open access publisher’s suite of journals.
A new formulation entering clinical trials in Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam could change how the world fights the pandemic.
In this approach, the goal of a scientist is transformed from convincing an editorial board through a vertical process to convincing peers through an horizontal one.
Current bibliometric incentives discourage innovative studies and encourage scientists to shift their research to subjects already actively investigated.
Scientists say that increasingly rigorous licensing procedures have complicated research efforts - and in some cases, stopped experiments completely.
Problems with effective research data sharing persist and these problems have been quantified by previous research as a lack of time, resources, incentives, and/or skills to share data.
Just a few weeks into Donald Trump's return to power, the world is witnessing a narrow-minded and autocratic policy regime - one especially harmful to US science. But for Europe, the author believe it offers a window of opportunity for science and innovation.
Interview with Alexandra Elbakyan, creator of the site Sci-Hub.
New Stanford research shows how companies alienate women before they start working.
Scientists and the design of experiments under scrutiny after a major project fails to reproduce results of high profile studies.
More papers correlate with top-cited research for more-established academics, but not newly minted professors, according to a study.
For half a century, the government funded research. Times are changing.
As work on 2018 farm bill picks up pace, remember money spent on agricultural science is money well spent.
Women mount stronger immune responses to infection, scientists say. And in China, men smoke in much greater numbers.
Science is not a belief system. It is rather a defined process we can use to accurately answer questions and come to a better understanding of our natural world.
Indigenous communities' knowledge and approaches enrich studies.
The Pentagon's new flu vaccine policy revives a debate over whether to prioritize individual choice or public health.
Alfredo Fusco denies claims that his research lab hired a photo studio to manipulate images.
