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Current assessment systems rely heavily on bibliometric indicators such as publication counts, co-authorship, and citation metrics, which do not reliably reflect research quality or scientific rigor.
Intended to help with biosecurity, it works with a popular AI protein design tool.
If AI is making access to knowledge less scarce, what role to do universities have in delivering it?
A study tracking diamond open-access journals has found an increase in titles switching to other publishing models - especially over the past few years.
Speculation starts around the scope of Canada’s associate member status, and how universities could help shape it
Brussels says Hungary’s new government has addressed rule-of-law breaches, including on corruption and conflicts of interest
Looking at what people search for online reveals what South Africans think about environment issues over the last twenty years.
Academia is dysfunctional, says the White House, and needs radical solutions. But is the research reform agenda being used to defund universities, or moving too fast?
Budget pragmatism prompts shift of bottom-up funding for institutions to programme area devoted to collaborative research.
Artificial-intelligence systems can generate hypotheses, design experiments and analyse data - but humans still need to decide what makes sense.
Many academics are concerned about threats to independent enquiry in higher education. Here's how it can be protected while taking legitimate concerns into account.
Analysis of OA policies across 35 countries finds “progress” but also “persistent fragmentation”.
The latest Scholars at Risk Free to Think report shows academic freedom continues to be under increasing attack in many countries. But erosion of academic freedom could be reversed by new governments.
Studies produced by a suspected paper mill are frequently cited in patents, clinical guidelines and policy documents, according to a new analysis.
Research committee MEPs are concerned about potential conflicts of interest in councils intended to set priorities
Offer of associate EU membership opens the door to new trans-Atlantic relationships in Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and beyond
One-fifth of data sets intended to support replication breached privacy standards, study finds
Following controversy over a mathematics breakthrough claimed by OpenAI, funders grapple with how to make sure proposals stay confidential.
Affected Chinese companies adjusted their sources of knowledge to stay competitive.
Background Peer review-based funding evaluation systems are under increasing pressure. To help alleviate this, innovative approaches like Distributed Peer Review (DPR) are being explored.
