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New study reinforces worries about “mass production of junk” by unscrupulous scholars aiming to pad their CVs
Rising geopolitical tensions and security concerns about emerging critical technologies are reshaping international co-operation in science, technology and innovation (STI), according to a new OECD report.
Researchers argue overseas training strengthens, rather than weakens, home-country research capacity.
Interoperability may sound technical, but at its heart, it’s about connection - helping data, systems, and people work together more effectively. In both heritage and research, it’s what transforms scattered collections into shared knowledge. Maryam Mazaheri illustrates common misconceptions around interoperability and describes what lessons can be derived.
For decades, Western scientists and policymakers dismissed China’s research boom as a matter of quantity over quality. Those days are over. In 2024, China achieved what seemed impossible just a few years ago, overtaking the United States in the number of publications appearing in the world’s most prestigious scientific journals.
The way we think about the impact of university research, according to one Arizona State University leader, needs urgent and fundamental change.
The “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” developed by the Trump administration and sent to nine universities on 1 October, proposes that the institutions agree to a series of criteria in exchange for preferential treatment in funding decisions. As of 20 October, various schools have responded to Trump’s offer.
From 2026, applicants for funding from two research councils must provide additional information on managing risk.
Academic freedom and the autonomy of science require protection not only against direct state interference, but also against the more subtle colonisation of research by political and economic systems.
What does Open Access promise and what does it cost? How can the crucial importance of open infrastructures be embedded as a collective core task? What could a new concept for financing Diamond Open Access look like? At the Open Access Days 2025, these and other questions were answered in lectures and workshops.
Reform needed to improve trust in science, patient care and training of AI, advocates say.
Scheme for unconventional ideas among those hit by Swiss National Science Foundation funding loss.
