High rejection rates by journals 'pointless'
Analysis suggests higher selectivity fails to increase journals' impact factors
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Research quality declines with scientists' age, study finds
Authors argue this means universities should spend less on senior academics and give promising younger scholars more of a chance
Journals give more publicity to 'weak science'
Analysis of seven prominent medical journals finds randomised controlled trials are far less likely to receive a press release than weaker observational studies.
World's most international universities 2016
Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the top 200 most outward-looking institutions.
Gender breakdown at course level
The proportion of male and female students varies widely across different subjects in UK universities.
University prestige has little influence on leaders' pay
An analysis of the correlation between vice-chancellors’ pay and university ranking.
Authorship abuse is the dark side of collaboration
Too many senior scholars abuse their power when it comes to assigning credit.
Secret dossier on research fraud suggests government concern over science
‘Too many institutions’ are ready to ‘sweep fraud under the carpet’.
The postdoc's dilemma: when to give up on romance and file for divorce?
For most young researchers, academic research is the love of their life. But how much can and should be sacrificed for this love?
Academia.edu crowdsources speedy peer review solution
PaperRank service will allow researchers to rate papers online in bid to accelerate and open up process.
Success rates: surge in applications to 'struggling' research councils
Success rates fall at five out of six councils amid warnings that the process could become ‘more of a lottery’ as reviewers are stretched.
Wellcome Trust to fund more long-term projects to counter 'pressure to publish'
The Wellcome Trust is to fund more long-term research projects because of fears that the pressure to publish and the need to show research impact will prevent academics from successfully tackling the world's most pressing challenges.
World University Rankings 2015-2016
The world dominance of US universities has further waned in the THE World University Rankings 2015-2016. ETHZ is 9th.
'Overflow' of new research 'erodes trust between scientists'
According to a new paper, the "deluge" of new scientific papers that academics have to read makes it all but impossible to know what research to trust.
Social sciences and humanities faculties to close after ministerial decree
7 universities are to close liberal arts and social science courses.
Reproducing results: how big is the problem?
Paul Jump examines the many reasons for irreproducibility in science and efforts to tackle it.
Research funding should be 'simpler'
UK Minister for Universities and Science Jo Johnson wants to see a "simpler" research funding system as well as faster routes for private provider "challenger institutions" to enter higher education.
Pay academics bonuses to boost productivity, study suggests
Performance-related pay causes the best academics to cluster together, evidence from Germany suggests.
Why we need to rank by innovation
University league tables do not pay enough attention to institutions’ innovative spirit, argues the European Commission’s Gerard de Graaf.
No substitute for good research management
You can’t measure human skills the way you do engineering systems, Robert Dingwall and Mary Byrne McDonnell observe.
Is mass authorship destroying the credibility of papers?
The rise in ‘kilo-authors’ and ‘gift authorship’ is causing the academy to rethink how it assesses the worth of academic publications.
Citations? Great. But have you got the 't factor'?
Proposed Twitter-based altmetric would treat retweets like citations.
Valuing research rectitude
Peer review may not spot fraud – so universities need to be vigilant in tackling any wrongdoing among their staff.
Top 10 universities for producing Nobel prizewinners
Times Higher Education analysis reveals the institutions with the most Nobel prizewinners this century.
Speeding up scholarly communication for rapid sharing
Dalmeet Singh Chawla rounds up the recent discussion about single figure publications.
Academics draft letter complaining of 'stereotypes' in AAAS publications
Move follows controversy over comment pieces and cover page for Science.
Public engagement means 'sacrificing' academic career
Perception that time should be spent improving research prowess.
Pay gap persists for female university leaders
Women in university leadership are paid up to 11.4% less than men in equivalent jobs, according to a [10]new study.
The academy's super troupers
1 in 10 of Europe's academics apparently produce nearly half of its research output.
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