Researchers had rebelled against shift to online-only reviews.

Thomson Reuters agreed to sell its intellectual property and science business to private equity firms Onex Corp and Baring Private Equity Asia for $3.55 billion in cash.

The publicly funded agency responsible for policing scientific fraud is keeping secret the details surrounding these researchers. Their names, where they worked, and what they did wrong is protected under privacy laws.

Doubts over the UK’s ability to win future project grants mean some EU partners are avoiding working with British researchers.

The goal being to avoid contributing further to the inappropriate focus on journal IFs.

Reforms by nation’s lead biomedical funder draw harsh critique.

Senior staff at Nature, Science and other journals want to end inappropriate use of the measure.

Launch expected later this year.

Federal government will create 1,000 professorships.

The Times Higher Education Latin America University Rankings 2016 use the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings, but have been recalibrated to reflect the qualities of Latin America’s institutions.

Wellcome Trust looks to save money and time communicating the research it funds.

The apparent trend has been on the rise over the past two decades.

A survey suggests research misconduct in the UK is higher than previously feared. Joanna Williams and five other academics ponder the results

The European Commission recently held an open consultation seeking views on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain, including potentially expanding neighbouring rights to publishers. LIBER's Executive Director Susan Reilly recently attended a high-level working lunch with MEP Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, to present the view of research libraries on this issue.

Scientific advances have always drawn on the work of non-professionals. Even more so now, thanks to technology.

Swiss-EU talks reveal determination of EU to make no concessions to UK over Brexit terms.

A week on from the vote, reassurance, rage and racism all feature.

Users urge caution in revamp of service at the heart of physics.

Heads of research agencies from nearly 50 countries — large and small, with developed and emerging economies — adopted a Statement of Principles and Actions Promoting the Equality and Status of Women in Research at the Global Research Council's fifth annual meeting last month in New Delhi.

'Trap’ URLs can help publishers to catch automated downloading, but critics say that the approach is clumsy.

Higher education institutions will risk funding being withheld if they fail to address gender inequality in the coming years.  That’s one of the outcomes of a report published on gender equality in higher education.  The report was compiled by the Expert Group commissioned by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) to undertake a national review of gender equality in higher education institutions.  The Expert Group was chaired by Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.

At a national cancer summit, Vice President Biden threatened to cut funds to medical research institutions that don't report their clinical trial results.

The largest funding competition in Canadian science history is hitting obstacles, as almost 3,000 biomedical and health scientists apply for money to keep their research going.

Marc Fleurbaey and colleagues explain why and how 300 scholars in the social sciences and humanities are collaborating to synthesize knowledge for policymakers.

​ Dame Julia Goodfellow, President of Universities UK said: 'Leaving the EU will create significant challenges for universities. Although this is not an outcome that we wished or campaigned for, we respect the decision of the UK electorate.'

Researchers plan for hits to community hubs.

The Sex Life of the Screwworm Fly, or how Eradicating screwworm has saved U.S. ranchers Billions of $ since screwworms were eradicated from US in 1966.

Dutch push to tackle fraud and ‘reproducibility crisis’ follows high-profile misconduct cases in the country

The technique's first test in people could begin as early as the end of the year.

Singapore leads the way in Times Higher Education's 2016 ranking of the premier universities in Asia.