Transparent Peer Review: A New Era for Scientific Publishing
Nature recently announced that they will publish peer review reports with papers. Editors and researchers weigh the impact.
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Belgian Universities Renew Call to Suspend Israel from Horizon Europe
Belgian university rectors have repeated their call to suspend Israel from the EU's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. In its war in Gaza, Israel has failed to honour its association agreement with the EU, the rectors argue, which states that both parties must respect human rights.
How Researcher Visa Curbs Threaten Science Careers
Anti-immigration sentiment is fuelling a drive to slash international student and worker numbers, but at what cost to researchers and countries leading the charge?
Stop the University Ranking Circus - Intervention
In June 2024, a study called for an end to use of ranking to validate research. The researchers gave their reasons. Others have followed even while the ranking industry seems to be coming off more and more popular with students, parents and recruiters. Below is an additional voice against the practice. There is no knowing […]
Fake Science, Faulty Methods, Misleading Testimony
How a rogue forensics lab in Chicago got people wrongfully convicted for driving high.
PLOS Responds to PNAS Study Detailing the Growth of Peer Review Integrity Issues
PLOS Responds to PNAS Study Detailing the Growth of Peer Review Integrity Issues
A new PNAS study uses openly available articles to map the scale of paper mill and peer review ring activity across scholarly publishing.
Science|Business Summer Reads of 2025
The EU science policy world is still digesting last month's proposals for the next €175 billion Framework Programme, plans that have set in motion years of haggling over budgets, regulation clauses and committee makeups. But as Brussels empties for August, and the research bubble decamps to the Riviera, Alps or somewhere further afield, it's a good time to take a step back and ask: what is all this policymaking and funding for? What kind of scientific and technological future do we want?
Peer Review is Broken, and Pedagogical Research Has a Fix
The lessons of decades of research into assessment and feedback haven't tracked across into the practice of peer review. Why not?
Why Does It Always Rain in the School Holidays? The Science Behind Our Summer Weather Patterns
Why Does It Always Rain in the School Holidays? The Science Behind Our Summer Weather Patterns
Discover why summer holidays often bring rainy weather and explore the science behind our UK's unsettled summer weather patterns.
What U.S. Science Stands to Lose Without International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers
What U.S. Science Stands to Lose Without International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers
Neuroscience in other countries will strengthen-at the United States' expense-as rising visa restrictions and rejections block many international students from enrolling at U.S.
Science communication on TikTok: toward transformative and post-normal science
Science communication on TikTok: toward transformative and post-normal science
What is peer review? The role anonymous experts play in scrutinizing research before it gets published
What is peer review? The role anonymous experts play in scrutinizing research before it gets published
Preprints and Journals: A Model Publishing Ecosystem
An inclusive view of preprints and published articles leads to a research ecosystem that is greater than the sum of the parts.
How Academics Are Pushing Back on the For-Profit Academic Publishing Industry
These scholars are fighting the rampant exploitation and high article processing charges in traditional academic publishing.
Report: EU Third After China and USA in Generative AI - Science & Tecnology - Ansa.it
Report: EU Third After China and USA in Generative AI - Science & Tecnology - Ansa.it
Education, healthcare, public administration, science, industrial ecosystems: the advent of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), represented by ChatGpt, intersects every segment of society. (ANSA)
Proposals As Partnerships
The grant proposal process could be a place for innovation and an avenue for institutional change for universities and research.
ISC Expert Group Publishes Nature Sustainability Comment on Scientific Priorities for Plastics Treaty
ISC Expert Group Publishes Nature Sustainability Comment on Scientific Priorities for Plastics Treaty
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.
Can a Better ID System for Authors, Reviewers and Editors Reduce Fraud?
Unverifiable researchers are a harbinger of paper mill activity. While journals have clues to identifying fake personas, there isn’t a standard template for doing so.
How Science is Used in Policymaking
The author experienced first-hand how science and policy intersect and are used in government during a week in Westminster and offers tips for engaging with policymakers.
How Do Retractions Impact Researchers' Career Paths and Collaborations?
How Do Retractions Impact Researchers' Career Paths and Collaborations?
About 46% of authors leave their publishing careers around the time of a retraction, a new study has found.
Science Requires Ethical Oversight - Without Federal Dollars, Society's Health and Safety Are at Risk
Science Requires Ethical Oversight - Without Federal Dollars, Society's Health and Safety Are at Risk
There are several steps between research on seemingly esoteric subjects and breakthrough medical treatments. Ethical oversight at every stage ensures science and society ultimately benefit.
U.S. Scientists’ Lives and Careers are being upended. Here are Five of their Stories
Prepare to Laugh and Learn with Horrible Science
Get ready for a brand-new comedy sketch series brought to you by the award-winning team behind Horrible Histories
A Hundred Days of Harm: How the Trump Administration Is Eviscerating Science and What We Can Do About It
A Hundred Days of Harm: How the Trump Administration Is Eviscerating Science and What We Can Do About It
The new Trump administration has been more reckless and destructive than the first time around. The Union of Concerned Scientists is working to monitor, contain, and reverse this administration’s abuses of science.
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