Research

Omissions make it harder to find data, report says

Dame Sue Black’s pioneering work has taken her to war zones and the aftermath of natural disasters. She explains the scientific rigour required in the field

Changes to associate membership criteria could open up European research funding worldwide

Presence of top university is a draw card to locate organisation in Stockholm, says offer document

UK universities can bring much-needed help in rebuilding the country, provided they avoid a ‘colonialist’ approach

New data show how universities took up the slack when businesses cut back on R&D. But the crisis also led to greater demands on universities to boost growth

Nature Index examines how research articles are cited in third-party patents  

The publication game that researchers are obliged to play has stripped the purpose out of social research. Time to change the rules, says Yiannis Gabriel

Aarhus University has signed up companies to fund fundamental research in what it calls a ‘patent-free playground’

Joanne Taylor and Genefor Walker-Smith on the importance of scholarly rigour – even when the media want answers fast

Professor cites Soviet achievements as evidence of how detachment from mainstream scholarship can foster innovation

German institutions and the publishing giant have still failed to agree a new deal. Could this become permanent?

Academics just keep on finding new ways of exploring the phenomenon of the US president

Without more research funding, senior Indonesian academics are unlikely to be able to meet new government-imposed publication standards, says Martin Surya Mulyadi

Watch Alan Lau’s keynote speech at the 2017 Times Higher Education Research Excellence Summit

New centre to promote respect through research, outreach, culture and practical help

Science policy experts have concerns about the effectiveness of new UK government support model

Discipline at ‘critical point’ in UK as universities struggle to replace retiring staff, says report led by Newcastle vice-chancellor

European Innovation Council mission to create ‘unicorns’ may deprive academics of funding, critics warn

Investigative journalist Emilia Sercan defied threats to uncover high-level ring of fraudulent PhDs

Sir Mark Walport acknowledges ‘challenge’ of UK’s departure from European Union as sector anxiety grows

Digital humanities pioneer Gregory Crane argues academics are failing to fully utilise the new tools of scholarship

Scholar returning to homeland from US to lead university speaks of his concerns

New report calls for Athena SWAN awards to be rolled out in India

Tony Hey charts the progress of the US and UK Open Science movement 

Shadow science minister acknowledges challenge of combining excellence with ‘place’ in supporting R&D

Scholars and senior sector figures reveal the books they’ll be reading over the summer break – for work or pleasure or both – in part two of our annual round-up of holiday reads

University attacked by 750 academics for forcing entire professoriate to reapply for jobs

Scholars are ignorant of many aspects of peer review, and part of the problem is that researching it is a bit like kicking the hornet’s nest, says Martin Eve

UK government ‘negligent’ to begin negotiations to leave EU without key role being filled, campaigners say

When it comes to openness, biggest hurdle is human factor, says David Doherty

Major evaluation of country’s research landscape also found that internationalisation was a key area for improvement

Academics base conclusions on a decade of MIT publications and patents

Analysis reveals extent of reward system for international publications, which could be distorting scientific incentives

The pressure of producing high-quality research publications spoils the long vacation for many academics, says Rachel Moss

For those vacationing in Peer Review Land, Felipe Fernández-Armesto offers some help with the local lingo

First Israeli university in China welcomes students this summer

Does the UK have the best structures in place to fund data-driven research? asks Steven Hill

Top academic claims universities have created 'factories' for junk science papers because of misguided funding system

Task force established by government to explore UK open-data landscape calls for greater efforts to ensure data quality 

CDU wants country to invest 3.5 per cent of GDP in research and development – more than twice that of UK

Twenty-one countries attend annual meeting to showcase progress of multimillion-pound Deltas initiative

King’s College London and TU Dresden ‘Transcampus’ aims to strengthen ties between UK and Germany 

Call for rankings to give more weight to societal impact

Jo Johnson outlines UK ambition to be ‘go-to country’ for innovation and discovery, even after Brexit

Emily Van Duyne on why she missed graduation despite being passionately committed to her students

Paul Feldman explains why the UK must be ready to embrace research collaborations on an increasingly international scale

University reform urgently needed to capitalise on fourth industrial revolution, says KAIST head

Ahead of the 2017 THE Research Excellence Summit, taking place in Taiwan from tomorrow, we hear from Partha S. Mallick on the importance of valuing talent

‘Shocking’ shift away from fundamental projects harms country's scientific reputation, says author of report

Universities could lose out as emphasis switches to supporting innovation

Universities UK and the French University Presidents’ Conference aim to increase mobility and develop more joint degrees

President offers disaffected climate scientists a ‘second homeland’ to conduct their work

The inventor of the concept of emotional intelligence explains how the idea can be built into the culture of universities

Bibliometric data suggest link to performance of nations' education systems, although academic warns against drawing simple conclusions

Low salaries, excessive bureaucracy and poorly defined research policies add to region’s woes

Director-general of research and innovation at the European Commission says university research funding would not be affected

Institutions say Commission should divert structural funds into modernising academic systems

The vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong speaks to Times Higher Education at the 2017 THE Innovation and Impact Summit