Let’s pay referees to flag mistakes
If authors had to find the money themselves, they would have a big incentive to check their sources thoroughly, says James Stacey Taylor
If authors had to find the money themselves, they would have a big incentive to check their sources thoroughly, says James Stacey Taylor
Academics’ deep identification with their work means that the failure of a book proposal, grant application or promotion request can cut deeply. But in a competitive profession, such knock-backs are...
Ronald Barnett offers suggestions on how to conduct journal reviews with integrity
Funding schemes that back radical research ideas are proving worthwhile in cultivating new science, says Donald Braben
Long timelines, siloed training and the prioritisation of drug development make life-saving advances in detection less likely, says David Crosby
Linking impact to funding is breeding mistrust, apathy and unrest. Researchers must be free to do the work they find most meaningful, says Mark Reed
The president of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro discusses budget cuts and encouraging interdisciplinarity
Case of Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ highlights tensions between justice, science and courts’ need to distinguish between world experts and ‘proven performers’
Don’t believe the hype; Finnish universities face just as many problems with professional mismanagement and staff morale as those in other countries, says Gareth Rice
John Ross examines the state of cross-study and collaboration between Australia and its neighbours in the East
Glen Wright rounds up the best amusing, passive-aggressive and romantic acknowledgements in the scholarly world
Universities are too often used for political point-scoring. Finding a way to implement and protect long-term plans for the sector would benefit all
Amazon may have killed the traditional business model but a physical store remains an asset for the academic community, says Paul Kelly
Social scientists argue a lack of access stops them and the public understanding online phenomena – but hope pressure from Brussels could change this
The abolition of publishers and the bypassing of Big Tech is a prerequisite for maximising the power of science, says Andy Farnell