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The American Sociological Association is starting a conversation to include “public communication” – work often largely ignored – in the assessment of a scholar’s contributions. Why does it matter?
Peer review is a crucial part of the academic publication system. It is also a critical part of the hiring and evaluation process. What’s the problem with peer review?
Some water researchers are ignoring the evidence offered by sampling if it doesn’t fit their preconceived notions. But science should always be honest and open.
Researchers at a fertility clinic in Athens appear to have reversed the menopause in a small group of women – but will the science stand up to scrutiny?
The unavoidable regime of publication pervades contemporary academic life across the world. While presented as a virtuous thing, it can actually suffocate the academic profession.
A number of high-profile cases in which academics have fabricated their data points to a much larger problem around scholarly misconduct.
Sometimes big research news bypasses the usual scientific publishing process. Here’s why that’s not good for scientists or the public.
Peer review is not infallible, but it’s central to how science works. In this extract from Peter Doherty’s new book, The Knowledge Wars, he explains how it works in practice.
To the mark the eighth annual Open Access Week, we asked our readers what they wanted to know about the initiative. Here are their questions with answers from our experts.
Researchers who feel pressured to publish in high ranking journals are more likely to cut corners, or even commit academic fraud.
Why do predatory and vanity academic publishers and conferences exist? Why are they flourishing now? And what can they tell us about the failings of academia?
A recent hoax study suggesting chocolate helps people lose weight highlights many problems with the way science is conducted and reported by the media.
Sexism still exists in science, but a recent scandal shows that progress is being made.
Sexist peer review case sheds light on the need to tackle gender and racial discrimination in universities.
Putting the power of the crowd to work could raise more money for scientific research.
One of this century’s greatest potential discoveries concerning the origins of the universe has now fallen to galactic dust. That’s according to a new joint-analysis of all the existing data – including…
The research excellence of academics is often measured by the quantity and quality of their scholarly publications. But how do we know that all authors listed on a publication have actually been involved…
Our understanding of gamma ray bursts (GRBs) – flashes of gamma rays from explosions in distant galaxies – since they were discovered more than 50 years ago may not be as solid as first thought. Research…
I love my job. I’m trying to understand how plants build themselves out of thin air. It’s exciting, it’s creative, it’s beautiful and on top of all that it’s important and useful. I like working with other…
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Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Psychology, University of Sydney
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Editor in Chief, Medical Journal of Australia, Queensland University of Technology
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Programme leader, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iowa
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Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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