Acceptance rates of articles is higher when first authors come from English-speaking high income countries; and articles from high income countries have higher citation rates. 

Research practices, quality in research and researcher commitment are among the topics covered in this inspiring interview.

The digital currency is slowing our effort to achieve a rapid transition away from fossil fuels.

Carbon capture has a bad reputation. But after a year of reporting, I’ve come to a conclusion: It's both vital and viable.

We all lose because of the biases of Wall Street and Silicon Valley.

Lawsuits have an intimidating effect on an already difficult enterprise.

Funders should not support policy-relevant work that treats policy impact as an afterthought.

Academic publishers are "still acting as if the internet doesn’t exist,” says Michael Eisen, co-founder of the Public Library of Science.

New technologies like artificial intelligence, self-driving vehicles and the internet of things could be used to reduce the widening economic gulf that is emerging in modern societies.

Retraction Watch interviews Irene Hames.

The OECD has just released a comprehensive report on Science, Technology and Industry for 2017. So how is France doing?

Combining the minds of humans and machines to avoid confirmation bias.

Clarity in UK and EU policy must come soon, so science funds can be spent well, says Venki Ramakrishnan.

Scholarly publishing and academic self-determination are interdependent and a crucial point of future debate for the future of University presses and Open Access worldwide.

Early career researchers have an essential role to play in the move towards open research.

As work on 2018 farm bill picks up pace, remember money spent on agricultural science is money well spent.

It might style itself as a grassroots movement but citizen science is little more than a cheap land-grab by big business.

A definition is nothing without action and engagement.

If your institution won’t break down barriers for you, do it yourself.

The Horizon 2020 programme is shifting its focus.

Golden OA creates a conflict of interest: in a situation where the number of scientists is larger than the number of available positions, both journals and scientists benefit from publishing as many articles as possible.

Use the Montreal Protocol to manage controversial work intended to limit global warming, urges Stephen O. Andersen.

This Thanksgiving, we bring you four portraits of immigrants in tech—from the C-Suite to the gig economy.

While green and gold open access have been put forward as two worthy emperors, it is time to conclude that they are unclothed.

Creating a culture of replication takes prizes, grants and magnanimity — as well as publications.

Early career researchers face a cruel world these days. Even though they are an increasingly diverse cohort, they are still generally imagined as young, full-time academics without significant outside commitments.

Carlos Moedas, EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, has called for political leaders to speak more about science and innovation to connect people with the life-changing research that is funded by their taxes and has the potential to combat urgent global problems.

High-risk, high-reward ideas in areas such as AI, blockchain and synthetic biology are typical contenders for support from the EU’s new Innovation Council.

The accusations against the Hollywood producer have prompted frank conversations about sexual misconduct. But it will still take a lot to shift how higher education treats such cases, experts say.

On the important role of professional medical writers in improving the quality of reports on clinical trials.