News Archive

Researchers urge funders and institutions to crack down on false investigators

Authors who falsely add colleagues to grant applications attract 70% more funding, according to a recent analysis.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 19 Oct 2021

When seeking promotion, defining success is everything

For academic researchers, ‘quality and impact’ is crucial, yet few agree on what these terms mean.

Benjamin Plackett

News 5 Oct 2021

How can institutions and funders help to police questionable research practices?

A new toolkit is being trialed as a way to bring clarity to issues of research misconduct and dishonest practices

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 7 Sep 2021

Future proofing research resilience

As scientific efforts resume, infrastructure and process solutions forged during the pandemic are being honed and expanded.

Chris Woolston

News 24 Aug 2021

To gain impact through influencing policy, you need to build trust in your research

Practical strategies for successful knowledge exchange between scientists or research institutions and decision-makers.

Christopher Cvitanovic and Rebecca Shellock

Comment 3 Aug 2021

Editors give green light to patients co-authoring manuscripts

But work must be done to ensure that patients feel accepted by the research community.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 27 Jul 2021

Senior scientists speak out against "overwhelming" US security requirements

Report flags concerns that increasingly complex regulations will hamper talent migration.

Chris Woolston

News 4 May 2021

Research misconduct findings, 15-year publishing ban in graduate student suicide case

New evidence overturns previous findings in ISCA 2019 investigation.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 15 Apr 2021

Parachute science falls to earth

Researchers say more needs to be done to correct past injustices.

Clare Watson

News feature 13 Apr 2021

Why researchers created a database of half a million journal editors

Tracking how factors such as biases and conflicts of interest creep into editorial boards requires better data.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 13 Apr 2021

Call for human rights protections on emerging brain-computer interface technologies

Industry self-regulation is not enough, say AI researchers.

Leigh Dayton

News 16 Mar 2021

Pandemic puts spotlight on animal experimentation choices

Bec Crew

News feature 9 Mar 2021

Inclusion in the time of COVID: 14 ways to seize the moment for change

Flux in the system is a chance to create new and better opportunities in academic STEMM careers for marginalized groups.

Carla Cebula et. al*

Comment 9 Feb 2021

New bot flags scientific studies that cite retracted papers

Most researchers don’t intend to cite retracted papers, but it can have serious consequences for science.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

News 2 Feb 2021

AI tools measure rigour of COVID-19 preprints

Automated reviews are picking up gaps in papers prior to peer review.

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Technology feature 12 Jan 2021

Rise of the zombie ants

Why hype is creeping into scientific papers.

Gemma Conroy

News 11 Jan 2021

COVID-19: Where is the data?

Levels of open data remain stubbornly low, despite efforts to make research publishing more transparent, say Julien Larregue et al.

Julien Larregue et al.

Comment 22 Dec 2020

AI will change the world, so it’s time to change AI

To ensure that AI meets its potential as a transformative tool, it must be developed by a truly representative research community, say Tess Posner and Li Fei-Fei

Tess Posner & Li Fei-Fei

Comment 10 Dec 2020

How the pandemic has transformed research methods and ethics: Three lessons from 33 rapid responses

Drawing on their experience working with 90 researchers worldwide, Helen Kara and Su-ming Khoo discuss the increasing complexity of the digital divide and new ethical dilemmas.

Helen Kara and Su-ming Khoo

Comment 17 Nov 2020

Three reasons to share your research failures

There’s a new journal for that.

Gemma Conroy

News 22 Sep 2020

Results for 'Research integrity'