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With permanent academic jobs scarce, the government wants industry to utilize young talent. 

Following the shutdown of Beall’s list, blacklists that warn against questionable publishers are in demand.

Gakushuin University is the top-ranking institution when assessed on the quality of its research in the natural sciences.

COMMENT: Large pharmaceutical companies do not target their scientific efforts on the deadliest diseases.

Public regard for scientists is as strong as ever, but you wouldn't know it.

Publishers can deny access to the majority of open-access articles at their discretion.

A new service allows researchers to access raw social media data.

Less than 15% of researchers in Japan are female. Urgent culture change is needed, argues Noriko Osumi.

China produces the most scientific articles, but lags on other measures. 

Survey reveals reluctance to take open peer review to the limit.

A regional alliance of researchers is giving voice to a neglected community.

Tool that tallies engagement with new biomedical concepts seeks to reward novelty.

Efforts to increase diversity in research assessment panels don’t cut it.

It's hard to believe, but the two largest rivals for global science leadership, are also the closest companions.

It’s wrong to dismiss preprint repositories as the junkyards of science, warns Ioannidis.

China climbs the THE Asian university rankings, but Singapore is still first.

A proliferation of partnerships between academics and development practitioners pose ethical and practical concerns.

A single field is behind the rise of thousand-author papers.

A controversial fossil discovery has whipped up online discussions about alien life.

Small countries have an outsized presence among the scientific elite.