Three major research universities opt out of new Elsevier deal
Complaints over ‘price increases’ and open access models spur UK institutions to walk away from offer from publishing giant, despite nationally negotiated agreement
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Libby Hackett named new Russell Group chief executive
Former University Alliance head returns to UK to lead research universities group after more than a decade in Australia
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Papers by female scientists spend ‘weeks longer in peer review’
Reviewer bias and higher teaching workloads for women may explain why they have to wait much longer for accept or reject decisions, say study authors
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Public losing trust in scientists, finds major UK poll
More people sceptical that science makes life better compared with pre-pandemic, and public also doubting contribution to economic growth
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Guest editors use special issues to ‘publish in support of self’
Large numbers of editors publishing in their own special issue attacked as ‘academic narcissism’ and ‘scientific misconduct’ in first-of-its-kind study
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‘Bizarre’ linguistics paper on water retracted by Springer Nature
Jordanian professor’s free-wheeling study is pulled and an editorial board member sacked after linguists criticised ‘extremely strange’ article
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Penalise ‘retraction hotspot’ universities, says integrity expert
Indian campaigner Achal Agrawal says research watchdog he founded gets tens of tip-offs regarding suspected malpractice every day
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‘Serious failings’ in UK security checks on researchers
Syrian scholar stopped from seeing dying father among those affected by long waits for clearance, says MP Wendy Chamberlain
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‘Unseen’ efforts to catch paper mill outputs bear fruit
Little-noticed joint efforts by publishers to catch fake papers are delivering results but further ‘scaling’ is needed, says report
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Calls for longer PhD scholarships as teaching loads creep up
Doctoral candidates offered hybrid ‘stipend and salary’ studentships with significant teaching hours will struggle to balance competing pressures, union fears
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Scientific sleuthing: a better evening in than watching Netflix?
The £2 million recently awarded to a whistleblower by a US court is a rare reward for the volunteers who trawl the scientific literature for error and fraud. Yet their numbers continue to grow. So...
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New UKRI targets for industry-funded research ‘challenging’
Dramatically increasing private spending on research may be unrealistic given current economic conditions, funder warned
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China ‘marked down’ in scholar’s retraction-adjusted rankings
Penalties for withdrawn papers and self-citation proposed by Stanford researcher would hit standing of Chinese universities
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‘Inconsistency’ fears after REF retreat on environment metrics
Clear guidance needed on how narrative-based submissions will be graded to avoid accusations that judgements are overly subjective, say experts
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Scholar defends scathing book review as ‘laser-focused on facts’
Pierre Legrand’s ‘offensive’ attack on a law textbook has led to calls for retraction and a journal apology but he insists his robust criticism was fair