About 46% of authors leave their publishing careers around the time of a retraction, a new study has found.
Nature asked authors and editors for advice on how to improve peer-review communication.
More than 1,400 researchers have signed a letter calling on the discipline to stop working on predictive-policing algorithms and other models.
The scientific community appears to have created a research environment where researchers either feel little point in writing up null results and/or struggle to publish such findings.
Authorship plays a central role in the credibility and career progression of academics. Yet as Joseph Mellors and Stroma Cole argue, restrictive authorship practices risk perpetuating inequalities and sidelining important contributions to knowledge.
COP26 energized the global effort to halt global warming. Research is now crucial to monitoring progress and creating solutions.
Report highlights promise, questions about detectors of AI-generated text.
A presentation given at North Carolina State University regarding how scientists, early in their careers, can take advantage of the online tools available today.
President Donald Trump’s proposed budget is essentially a policy document, outlining the policy priorities of the administration and their plan to execute desired goals.
The rapid sharing of pandemic research shows there is a better way to filter good science from bad.
Sometimes it's best to refuse offers and focus on the right projects to benefit your career.
Analysis of seven prominent medical journals finds randomised controlled trials are far less likely to receive a press release than weaker observational studies.
Thanks to crowdfunding, Swiss university students can build an airplane and solve an energy problem. But is this the best way to finance good science?
This article presents the first behavioural science-based comprehensive diagnosis of key predictors of policy engagement using the COM-B model, which explains behaviour based on capability, opportunity, and motivation.
The Expert group on plastic pollution convened by the International Science Council outlines science-based recommendations to inform the final stages of plastics treaty negotiations and a robust and effective instrument.
Authors tend to attribute manuscript acceptance to their own ability to write quality papers and simultaneously to blame rejections on negative bias in peer review, displaying a self-serving attributional bias.
The SciELO Program has launched the SciELO Preprints server with the aim of accelerating the availability of research articles and other scientific communications before, or in parallel with, their evaluation and validation by scientific journals through the peer review process. Although open to all thematic areas, SciELO Preprints will focus on immediately serving communications related to COVID-19.
Professors’ unprofessional programs have created a new profession.
Alfredo Fusco denies claims that his research lab hired a photo studio to manipulate images.
Some scientists make their careers by criticising other's research. But who watches the watchmen?
Scientists and funders with close links to local communities outline how Western teams can collaborate fairly and effectively with those groups.
Baby boomers and retirement policies are contributing to overall aging, and the trend is likely to continue.
