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Meaningful work, flexibility and job security all matter more than salaries do, Nature's job satisfaction survey shows.
Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data - but humans still need to decide what makes sense.
Many academics are concerned about threats to independent enquiry in higher education. Here's how it can be protected while taking legitimate concerns into account.
New tally reveals nearly 19,000 altered images in reagent catalogs.
Government report shows “challenges with academic engagement”.
Professional grant-writing advisers help researchers construct ERC proposals—and thereby influence what institutions present as competitive science, affecting efforst to change research culture.
The challenge is not a lack of neurodivergent talent, but systems that fail to support and retain it.
Efforts to improve research culture can make harmful systems easier to endure and harder to reform.
This paper presents a systematic review of the literature on hyperprolific authorship to examine how it is defined, investigated, and perceived across disciplines.
REF should be central to solving the collective action problems around openness, transparency, and accountability in research.
Reform needed to improve trust in science, patient care and training of AI, advocates say.
The academic conference no-show might feel like a minor inconvenience, but it might represent evidence of a growing concern with CV padding over contributions to the field.
Research is facing major integrity challenges, with some of the prevailing incentives in the sector presenting “a global systemic problem that requires a global systemic solution”.
Association of research funding and performing organisations wants more diversity, collaboration and societal impact.
Shifting what and who is valued will strengthen the research system, writes UKRI chief executive.
High turnover among research coordinators can slow the progress of clinical studies. Standardizing the role could help.
The retraction of academic papers often functions as an indictment against the reputation of a researcher. For retractions to function as an effective corrective to the scholarly record, they need shed this reputation.
For young immigrant women like me, the pressures of early career research are even greater than for most. But it doesn't have to be that way.
As researchers dive into the brave new world of advanced AI chatbots, publishers need to acknowledge their legitimate uses and lay down clear guidelines to avoid abuse.
At least four articles credit the AI tool as a co-author, as publishers scramble to regulate its use.
Caught in a system eager for success stories, a PhD student from an underrepresented background learns how to balance his challenges in the lab with his desire to serve his community.
To fully desegregate science, institutions should bolster mentorship, safe spaces and a culture of belonging.
