Frances Jones

Some hail preprint server’s two papers per month policy move for promoting ‘quality over quantity’, but others question cap’s scientific implications

Proposed loss of certain quality-related streams could undermine specialist institutions’ ability to build research capacity

New report highlights potential for high publication growth to drive economic and social benefit across region, but industry collaboration gap is widening

Report finds academics critical of heightened research security measures ahead of upcoming government strategy

Data shows UK research punches above its weight in industrial strategy sectors but in some regions scientific strengths are not translating to business returns

Computer sciences journal editor is developing an AI system that will question authors about their understanding of their submissions

For the first time in The Lancet’s 200-year history, union members plan to strike over “unacceptable” pay offer

Changes to grant system suggested by Chris McDonald could ‘mistakenly’ further concentrate funding in the golden triangle, academics warn

Study finds thousands of papers reference songs by the Fab Four, suggesting scholars under pressure to stand out have leant on ‘one of the most globally recognised cultural phenomena’

Kathleen Fisher says keeping science firms in the UK is ‘not only Aria’s responsibility’, following Lords pressure