Some publishers say they are battling industrialized cheating. A Nature analysis examines the 'paper mill' problem - and how editors are trying to cope.

The European Commission says it can exclude Chinese participation in Horizon Europe and other sensitive research projects using new powers to exclude third countries that do not share ‘EU values’.

WHO plans to release a summary report of the mission’s finding as early as this week; a full report will come later.

Cao Xuetao, president of Nankai University, will be barred from applying for grants for lax lab management.

Research ministers have agreed to more aggressively police foreign participation in the EU's research programme, adding a new provision to Horizon Europe that is aimed primarily at preventing China and the US from getting access to sensitive European research.

The intelligence wars over vaccine research have intensified as China and Russia expand their efforts to steal American work at both research institutes and companies.

Authorities' increased scrutiny of Chinese researchers' background causes concern about unfair accusations.

China’s science ministry is set to introduce its most comprehensive rules so far for dealing with research misconduct. The measures, which come into effect next month, outline what constitute violations and appropriate punishments. But critics say that enforcement will continue to be a problem.

China is cracking down on publication of academic research about the origins of the novel coronavirus, in what is likely to be part of a wider attempt to control the narrative surrounding the pandemic.

Dr. Bruce Aylward, of the W.H.O., got a rare glimpse into Beijing's campaign to stop the epidemic. Here's what he saw.

A researcher from the Wuhan University of China offers a view of how Chinese researchers are reacting and are likely to alter their behavior in response to new policies governing research evaluation.

New policy tackles perverse incentives that drive 'publish or perish' culture and might be encouraging questionable research practices.

Nasa says major decreases in nitrogen dioxide levels are "at least partly" linked to the outbreak.

Public health scientists who have closely followed the emergence of 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are deeply concerned about its impact on global health and wellbeing.

Experiments lost as labs remain closed; scientific meetings canceled or postponed.

New outbreak comes as Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus struggles to raise more money, thwart Ebola, and fight health misinformation.

Medical sources in the city confirm rate of infection, but say they have been told not to release the full picture to the public.

For years, China's Thousand Talents recruitment plan attracted U.S. scientists with its grants. Investigators now say China used the program to steal sensitive technology.

Dr. Li Wenliang issued a warning about a strange new virus. Then the authorities summoned him for questioning.

As the new coronavirus continues its deadly spread, researchers must ensure that their work on this outbreak is shared rapidly and openly.

Modelers are trying to forecast how the virus will move, but they need better data.

Here's what the oft-cited R0 number tells us about the new outbreak-and what it doesn't.