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Peer review is lauded in principle as the guarantor of quality in academic publishing and grant distribution. But its practice is often loathed by those on the receiving end. Here, seven academics offer their tips on good refereeing, and reflect on how it may change in the years to come
The Netherlands will radically shake up how academics are assessed and promoted, including a shift away from relying on citations and journal impact factors.
Competitive funding once helped novel ideas get off the ground, but now funding 'excellence' is hampering new research, says Dutch institute
Data company beats rival Elsevier, which provided indicators for 2014 assessment
Sir John Kingman hints that research councils could withhold funding in cases where universities do not address unfair treatment of staff.
New projects at two Sydney universities show move towards multidisciplinary scholarship
New rules requiring a female presence on doctoral defence panels at the University of Glasgow will push more ‘unrewarded’ academic tasks on to women, critics claim.
China is now home to the best university in Asia, while France’s Sorbonne University is the highest-ranked newcomer in the table.
Latin American researchers have a specific social commitment to ensure that their work is accessible and contributing to the good of their communities, says Victoriano Colodrón.
Average spending has increased by 19 per cent in four years, Freedom of Information requests reveal.
Institutions, research funding bodies and publishers must all work together to change the system in the interest of advancing research, says Steven Inchcoombe.
Simply adding an ‘open access’ option to the existing prestige-based journal system at ever increasing costs is not the fundamental change publishing needs, says Bianca Kramer and Jeroen Bosman
Study suggests doctorates are now seen as a test of character rather than intellect.
It smacks of affirmations like ‘if you believe it, you can achieve it’, but men’s academic swagger has a dark side.
Expansion of US carrier associated with an increase in partnerships of more than 30 percent.
Explore the top universities in parts of the Middle East and North Africa based on data collected by Times Higher Education
Explore the top 200 most international universities in the world using data from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings: EPFL and ETHZ in the lead.
New head of Science Europe says he hopes for experiments with grant lottery system and even a basic income for researchers.
Despite some progress, researchers are still reluctant to switch journals because of fears it could hinder their careers.
With state intervention back in vogue, and publishers’ profit margins still sky-high, journals could be the next monopoly to come under scrutiny.
Researchers at well-resourced, highly ranked universities are more likely to publish in open-access journals.
Times Higher Education’s first major global survey of university staff views on work-life balance finds academics feeling stressed and underpaid, and struggling to fit time for personal relationships and family around their ever-growing workloads.
Poorer performance found to be based on less positive evaluation of female principal investigators, not differences in the quality of science
A small group of fewer than 30 universities are having a bigger impact on the inventions driving global economic growth than the world’s major industrialised nations.
