An algebra pioneer who faced discrimination deserves wider recognition on the centenary of her namesake theorem.

Male post-docs and PhD candidates work more than their female colleagues, but female professors work the most hours of all, according to the latest time use survey.

Riding on some types of roller-coaster is an effective way of removing kidney stones.

Academic publishers have some of the highest profit margins in the world. In the digital age, researchers are starting to wonder whether publishers actually deserve this much money.

To highlight uncertain norms in authorship, John P. A. Ioannidis, Richard Klavans and Kevin W. Boyack identified the most prolific scientists of recent years.

With weapons ranging from Title IX complaints to online petitions to creating new policies for federally funded agencies, #MeToo has entered the research lab.

We need to hold each other accountable for fantasy thinking about how much science costs.

A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It?

Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women.

European and national research funders are expected to commit all researchers to granting open access to their publications as of 2020. The SNSF supports this Plan S. However, it is not in a position to add its signature to the plan at present.

Scientists warn the devil is in detail of the European Commission’s latest open access plan, while publishers argue prohibiting researchers from submitting their work to certain journals is a threat to academic freedom.

There are many thousands of data repositories on the web, providing access to millions of datasets. To enable easy access to this data, Google launched Dataset Search.

A well-crafted set of guidelines and advice can save time, reassure trainees and promote a positive lab culture, argues Mariam Aly.

Richard Poynder views a documentary on the tug of war over paywalls in scholarly publishing.

But an investigation confirmed that the study was flawed.

All 10 senior editors of the open-access journal Nutrients resigned last month, alleging that the publisher, the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), pressured them to accept manuscripts of mediocre quality and importance.

Skills matter. How you learned them may not.

Icons for websites and organisations related to academia that are often missing from mainstream font packages. It can be used by itself, but its primary purpose is to be used as a supplementary package alongside a larger icon set.

ECR-driven initiative launching in 2019 to collectively boycott commercial publishers and return scholar communication to the academic community.

DFG-funded software provides different online services to extract and segment citations. Moreover, other online tools are available to create more gold standard data.

Top tips for principal investigators to help junior scientists navigate the travails of teamwork.

A fresh mapping of open-science tools for the researcher workflow reveals numerous gaps and opportunities for software solutions in the name of scientific progress.

Support for publication of reviewer reports has been mounting as part of a greater effort to inform the discussion on peer review practice.

This really gives a new meaning to the "paper of record."

Decision-makers need input from researchers on issues involving science and society.

Biomedical funders and ASAPbio call on journals to sign a pledge to make reviewers’ anonymous comments part of the official scientific record.

Fitibit's wristbands have collected 150 billion hours' worth of heart-rate data from people around the world. For the first time, the company offered a look inside that data, to see how lifestyle, location, age, and gender affects our health and longevity.

But academics say government incentives to publish are part of the problem.

A guide to help search more easily for open access articles.

British Heart Foundation award is one of the largest single grants in medical research.