French Plant Biologist Cleared of Misconduct in New Inquiry
National research council absolves one previously sanctioned lab leader of misconduct, and holds another researcher responsible.
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How to Write a Thorough Peer Review
Scientists receive too little peer-review training. Here's one method for effectively peer-reviewing papers, says Mathew Stiller-Reeve.
Ghost Authorship Haunts Industry-funded Clinical Trials
Drug companies make big contributions to analysis in the trials they fund but can fail to report their contributions.
Craft Metrics to Value Co-production
To assess whether research is relevant to society, ask the stakeholders, say Catherine Durose, Liz Richardson and Beth Perry.
The Best Research is Produced when Researchers and Communities Work Together
The Best Research is Produced when Researchers and Communities Work Together
Knowledge generated in partnership with the public and policymakers is more likely to be useful to society and should be encouraged.
Mr Smits Goes to Washington
Robert-Jan Smits takes Plan S to the White House and says he is in the United States for ‘business not chit-chat’.
Swap Outdated Authorship Listings for Contributorship Credit
We suggest that moving from an authorship to a contributorship model would better reflect the many and varied contributions to large, complex, long-term and management-intensive projects in modern science.
What the Nobels Are - and Aren’t - Doing to Encourage Diversity
The prize-awarding academies are making changes to their secretive nomination processes to tackle bias, but some say the measures don’t go far enough.
Six Months to Brexit: How Scientists Are Preparing for the Split
Seven researchers and campaigners tell Nature how Britain’s break-up with the EU is affecting research.
Finland Joins Europe’s Bold Open-access Push
Nation’s funder is the first to join Plan S - which aims to make all scientific works free to read on publication - since the effort was announced.
The Quest for Postdoctoral Independence
How to step out from the shadow of your principal investigator.
Advice from the High Seas: How to Transition to a New Lab
Advice from the High Seas: How to Transition to a New Lab
Respect for what you and your colleagues bring to the table is vital to successful integration.
Machine Learning Gets to Grips with Plankton Challenge
Machine Learning Gets to Grips with Plankton Challenge
Marine biologists are using artificial intelligence to help them identify objects in millions of images.
No More First Authors, No More Last Authors
If we really want transdisciplinary research, we must ditch the ordered listing of authors that stalls collaborative science.
Top US Science Agency Unveils Hotly Anticipated Harassment Policy
The National Science Foundation's rules for reporting harassment by grant recipients are the strictest yet instituted by a US government science agency.
Reboot Undergraduate Courses for Reproducibility
Collaboration across institutes can train students in open, team science, which better prepares them for challenges to come.
Predicting Scientific Success
Even sophisticated, data-driven models of academic careers have trouble forecasting the highs and lows.
Mass Resignation Guts Board of Prestigious Cochrane Collaboration
Governing board of the evidence-based medicine group may now be dissolved entirely.
How AI Technology Can Tame the Scientific Literature
As artificially intelligent tools for literature and data exploration evolve, developers seek to automate how hypotheses are generated and validated.
Thousands of Scientists Publish a Paper Every Five Days
To highlight uncertain norms in authorship, John P. A. Ioannidis, Richard Klavans and Kevin W. Boyack identified the most prolific scientists of recent years.
Africa Should Set Own Standards of Research Excellence
'Most highly cited' criterion is not the most appropriate.
Peer Reviewers Unmasked: Largest Global Survey Reveals Trends
Scientists in emerging economies respond fastest to peer review invitations but are invited least.
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