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Comparing LLM and Expert Assessments of Journal Quality - Scientometrics

Comparing LLM and Expert Assessments of Journal Quality - Scientometrics

Some research funding systems rely on expert-assigned journal rankings to allocate resources. LLMs can approximate expert-assigned rankings with high overall accuracy, with most errors occurring between adjacent levels.

Responses to the AI Grant Flood Must Prioritize Fairness As Part of Excellence

Responses to the AI Grant Flood Must Prioritize Fairness As Part of Excellence

Research funding agencies are battling a wave of AI-assisted applications. Countermeasures should not entrench existing power structures.

Administration Explains National Science Board Firing As Criticism Grows

Administration Explains National Science Board Firing As Criticism Grows

The White House says the board's firing was necessary to comply with a 2021 Supreme Court decision.

Key US Science Panels Are Being Axed - and Others Are Becoming Less Open

Key US Science Panels Are Being Axed - and Others Are Becoming Less Open

A Nature analysis shows that the Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to science agencies - and reduced the transparency and independence of those that remain.

US Lawmakers Vote to Reduce Science Spending - But Reject Trump's Massive Cuts

US Lawmakers Vote to Reduce Science Spending - But Reject Trump's Massive Cuts

A draft bill would preserve NASA's overall funding but downsize the National Science Foundation's budget by 20%.

Trump Fires Independent Board Overseeing National Science Foundation

Trump Fires Independent Board Overseeing National Science Foundation

Positions ‘terminated, effective immediately’, says email to scientists sent on president’s behalf, in move labelled ‘dangerous attack’ on US innovation

How Much Should Politics Influence Science, and Vice Versa? National Science Board's Ousting Resurrects an Existential Debate

How Much Should Politics Influence Science, and Vice Versa? National Science Board's Ousting Resurrects an Existential Debate

The Trump administration fired the entire board that oversees the National Science Foundation, raising an age-old question about the separation of science and state.

Nothing is "100% Human Authored" - LSE Impact

Nothing is "100% Human Authored" - LSE Impact

Generative AI is unsettling longstanding conventions of authorship, ownership and credit in academia and across cultural production. This has prompted responses that seek to reassert the role of the intelligent, creative human individual.

Can ChatGPT Evaluate Research Environments?

Can ChatGPT Evaluate Research Environments?

Can Large Language Models (LLMs) support the process or validate expert evaluations? ChatGPT-4o mini scores correlated positively with expert scores in almost all 34 (field-based) Units of Assessment (UoAs).

China Surpasses US in Research Spending - the Consequences Extend Far Beyond Scientific Ranking and Clout

China Surpasses US in Research Spending - the Consequences Extend Far Beyond Scientific Ranking and Clout

Scientific innovation has been driving US economic growth for decades. Losing that edge means losing access to the technologies and brainpower that come with it.