Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
Mapping the Connections: Understanding the Network of Social Science Editors-in-Chief
A new study on the connections between editors-in-chief in the social sciences reveals significant geographical and gender imbalances in editorial leadership. Male […]
How Science Can Adapt to a New Normal
Scientific institutions are in full scramble. No amount of diplomacy or charity can interpret the modern moment as anything other than an […]
Those ‘Indirect Costs’ Targeted by DOGE Directly Support America’s Research Excellence
Biomedical research in the U.S. is world-class in part because of a long-standing partnership between universities and the federal government. On Feb. […]
AI is Here, But Is It Here to Help Us or Replace Us?
Decisions taken now around how generative AI is used by academics and universities will shape the future of research. Mark Carrigan argues whilst optimistic scenarios are possible, generative AI stands ready to feed into an existing productivity oriented framing of academic work.
An Investigation Showing How Fake Academic Papers Contaminate Scientific Literature
Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale and dissemination of bogus scholarly research, undermining […]
Data Sharing: Let’s Do More Than Just What’s FAIR
Research into pressing societal challenges increasingly depends on data coming from across different disciplines and research contexts. Gordon Blair argues that to create a research culture that makes the best use of available data, the 2016 FAIR principles need to be extended in ways that address issues that have emerged in the decade following their creation.
From the University to the Edu-Factory: Understanding the Crisis of Higher Education
It is a truism that academia is in crisis, in the UK as much as in many other countries around the world. […]
Exploring the Citation Nexus of Life Sciences and Social Sciences
Drawing on a bibliometric study, the authors explore how and why life sciences researchers cite the social sciences and how this relationship has changed in recent years.
