Research

Research quality more evenly spread than funding and ‘toxic cultural bias’ could be behind disparities, says geographical analysis for Hepi

Scopus AI will be ‘valuable tool’ for researchers seeking to explore academic disciplines and study areas, says leading publisher

Government hopes new institution will help to upskill the country’s workforce and grow the economy

Researchers unable to access resources to study issues Africa faces, says incoming leader of group of top institutions

Opening outpost alongside other Western universities designed to help drive collaboration in South-east Asia

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Claudine Gay case, proper referencing should be insisted on to encourage critical, original thinking, says Ian Pace

Leading cell biologist says outstanding young researchers are missing out on funding as panellists are focusing excessively on open science contributions

New system can help democratise science and speed pace of discovery, says study

Ádám and Dávid Tárnoki, radiologists at Semmelweis University, discuss their shared ‘trajectory’

Removal of personal and affiliation details means assessors judge the idea rather than the researcher’s track record

History centre shut during University of Brighton cuts could continue as autonomous organisation

Geneticist Anne Ferguson-Smith is the third new female leader of a UK research council named in recent weeks

Groups representing 61 research-intensive universities across Germany, France, the UK and Switzerland say that stronger research partnerships strengthen the whole of Europe

President wants to turn national research institutes into ‘programme agencies’ and give universities more autonomy, but experts question how effectively the plans can be implemented

Everyone, from funders to individuals, has a role to play in building a research system that operates with integrity and robustness, says Alexandra Freeman

Monica Bertagnolli, former Harvard surgeon, sees critical moment to improve both equity and accuracy in multibillion-dollar study investments

While concessions and newly flagged exemptions provide reassurance over Australia’s proposed defence trade control changes, ‘grey areas’ remain

Loss of access to EThOS archive of 600,000 doctoral dissertations causes major disruption for PhD students

Too often, studies are atomistic and avoid the more complex, large-scale questions that vex politicians and system leaders, says Andrew Noyes

Analysis of growing distance between researchers looks at puzzle of why digital connections have not led to upsurge in innovation

Trickling down funding through grants that can only be accessed by Global North colleagues intrinsically perpetuates inequity, says Manuel Barcia

With potentially worrying changes to Australia’s research security arrangements odds-on to proceed, universities want clarification on amendments

Pooling academic resources vital to countering ‘market failures’ in pharmaceutical industry, says Covid Moonshot pioneer John Chodera

Scientific writing should avoid use of terms like ‘cuckold’, says paper finding antifeminist online forums often draw on ‘reputable research’

More rigorous checking targets hyper-authorship, excessive self-citation and unusual patterns of group citation activity

Ministers’ communications with their scientific advisers have been revealed, shining a light on how such relationships work, but will wide-ranging exercise change how research informs policy in the future?

Charlotte Deane will return to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council after serving as deputy chair throughout the pandemic

Institutions in the UAE stand out for their high levels of cooperation with both global and regional institutions

Saudi Arabia’s KAUST leads table for the first time, driven by its research performance

As country proposes tough new sanctions for sharing regulated technologies, except with the UK and US, sceptic asks whether nuclear submarine pact is worth the trouble

After historically black institutions spend years seeking funding worthy of R1 status, main higher education grouping agrees to loosen the terms of inclusion

Combining a series of methods for boosting research reproducibility found to produce huge gains in overall success

Studying high art is still important, but popular culture can give humanities undergraduates better pointers on how to convert their refined understandings into practical action, rather than passivity and pessimism, activist scholar Caroline Levine tells Matthew Reisz 

Disagreements over equality issues mentioned in science secretary’s Israel letter must be swiftly addressed, says ex-research council head

Sector leaders quizzed in Elsevier survey back shift to more holistic methods of evaluating scholarship

‘Free-for-all’ approach blunts universities’ impact in tackling complex societal challenges, says Australian consultant

Charges and prohibitions introduced by the likes of X and TikTok are limiting academics’ ability to use sites to gain valuable insights into human behaviour

Dame Ottoline Leyser issues statement to make position ‘crystal clear’ as academic concern mounts over government pressure

Dame Ottoline Leyser’s acceptance of ministerial demands is likely to anger scholars who claim Michelle Donelan’s criticism undermines academic freedom

Drawing on Web of Science citation index, Clarivate report shows fivefold acceleration in published research output from China between 2009 and 2021

Science secretary’s condemnation of ‘extremist posts’ by UKRI equality advisers has led to accusations of ministerial ‘bullying’ and censorship

UK and New Zealand’s long-awaited association will spur on talks with Canada, South Korea and Japan, according to Signe Ratso

All agree cross-disciplinary collaboration is hard, but researchers favour material incentives while executives want cultural change, study finds

Academic dies after displaying symptoms of disease he studied, with thousands of unauthorised samples reportedly unearthed at lab

Michael Eisen removed as editor-in-chief of eLife after sharing article from satirical news website

Effort mirrors similar efforts in Canada and New Zealand, and attracts corresponding doubts about whether the pursuit promises meaningful value to research

After world’s largest funder of medical research spends a year without a permanent head, US Senate gives Harvard oncologist a list of political pleas but no serious opposition

THE analysis finds that high share of global institutions fail to recognise staff for cross-disciplinary working, as experts warn research environment is ‘still not up to the task’

An early draft of the Knowledge Security Act suggests mass screening non-EU students and academics based on discipline, departing from an on-demand approach that won admiration abroad

Successful efforts to boost China’s citation standing are part of plan to push regulation away from current global norms, says thinktank analyst

Britain should emulate Canada’s investment in digital security and due diligence to ensure research resilience, says elite university group

University of Leicester professor Turi King explains why her BBC show is right to show the messy reality of DNA investigations and tracing lost parents

Researchers will work with faculty co-led by Sir Tony Blair at huge new multidisciplinary institute funded by Oracle software magnate Larry Ellison

Scientists’ ability to understand changing climate is being undermined by lack of coordination and funding, House of Commons select committee report finds

Evacuation of international staff and mass mobilisation of army reservists has left some labs operating on ‘skeleton crews’

Greater understanding of the risks will help plot a sensible course between academic freedom and government control, says Fiona Quimbre

Increased scale of new German-Dutch imprint will speed transition to open access publishing and allow more investment in infrastructure

Years of declining funding have pushed university physicians to do more clinical work, with half of professors spending less than five hours a week in the lab

Church of Ireland Historical Society removes references to founder following accusations of child sexual abuse

Instead of focusing on the reliability of the data, I know first-hand that defamation suits become personal and career-threatening, says David Sanders