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"There is a problem": Australia's top scientist Alan Finkel pushes to eradicate bad science

A new publishing standard should be introduced to weed out unscrupulous research journals.

Alan Finkel | 19 September 2019

The hidden cost of having a eureka moment, but not being able to put it in your own words

Publishing in an “international” journal now refers to an English-language journal.

Sneha Kulkarni | 29 August 2019

This simple tool shows you how to choose your mentors

"Gurus breed gurus."

Carsten Lund Pedersen | 28 August 2019

5 features of a highly cited article

The difference between highly cited and lowly cited papers.

Mohamed Elgendi | 23 August 2019

Never on a Sunday! Is there a best day for submitting an article for publication?

It could mean the difference between rejection and acceptance.

James Hartley | 8 August 2019

A call for funders to ban institutions that use grant capture targets

The practice has led to peverse incentives for researchers.

Dorothy Bishop | 7 August 2019

Novel findings rare from international collaborations

Global teams shy away from risky research.

Caroline S. Wagner, Travis Whetsell & Satyam Mukherjee | 7 March 2019

In a race for mentions, it’s open season on researchers

The growing clamour for open access results makes scientists vulnerable, say Alexandra Lippman and Christopher Kelty.

Alexandra Lippman and Christopher Kelty | 18 January 2019

China's Belt and Road Initiative finds new research partners in Europe

Smaller member states are the beneficiaries of China's global trade and diplomacy project.

Marijk van der Wende & Robert Tijssen | 11 January 2019
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