How Flipping a Journal Became About More Than Just Open Access

Over half of the massive US student-loan debt comes from graduate schools, and it's a sign master's degrees aren't the path to wealth they used to be.

If the work is in the public domain, no copyright licenses should be applied and in the case of CC licenses which are designed to only operate where copyright exists, the application of a CC license is ineffective.

For years, researchers weren't exactly sure what to make of these extra loops of genetic material . That's quickly changing.

A growing number of research agencies are assigning money randomly. The Swiss National Science Foundation is the latest funder to experiment with random selection.

A new report analyzing decades of public opinion surveys reveals that the public's trust in scientists has remained stable and high over decades.

The move comes amid concerns over China's influence on Australian campuses, and after major cybersecurity breaches at one institution.

In a collaborative effort Dutch institutes and funders start development of new system of recognition and rewards.

Recognizing the world's most influential researchers  of the past decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) is piloting a narrative CV format in the Veni scheme, its major funding instrument for early career researchers. The format advances showcasing diverse types of talent and encourages assessment of quality rather than quantity.

The Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) on Research Integrity, which forms the basis of this report, was carried out between July 2018 and June 2019 by a dedicated Policy Support Facility (PSF) panel consisting of four independent experts and twelve countries.

Graduate students said their schools would have no reason to bargain with them over wages, health care and other compensation items if they aren't considered employees under the National Labor Relations Act.

Member states' reported plans for Horizon Europe branded 'completely unacceptable' and potentially 'disastrous'.

Draft update to 2003 policy of the National Institute of Health will require that all grantees make data sets freely available.

Nature's survey of more than 6,000 graduate students reveals the turbulent nature of doctoral research. The mental health of PhD researchers demands urgent attention.

Anxiety and depression among graduate students seems to be on the rise. Systemic change is needed to halt an ongoing crisis.

Calculating the patterns and cycles of the past could lead us to a better understanding of history. Could it also help us prevent a looming crisis?

Universities have a legal obligation to encourage voter registration. This has prompted an angry reaction in some areas.

Bambang Hero Saharjo has received death threats for testifying against companies. 

The practice was probably used to improve the children's chances of securing a university place.

The initiative, "Project Nightingale," gives the tech giant the ability to analyze personal health information from Ascension, a Catholic hospital system.

Analysis finds female-led papers are more likely to be rejected, and less likely to be cited, than those with male corresponding authors.

Various companies are pressing ahead with plans for internet service from space, which has prompted astronomers to voice concerns about the impact on research from telescopes on Earth.

A new agency rule would restrict the science that can be used in drafting health regulations by requiring researchers to turn over confidential health data.

Minority-serving colleges and universities are looking on helplessly as vital funding for their science, engineering and math programs are bogged down in the Senate morass.

The operator of the Wayback Machine allows Wikipedia's users to check citations from books as well as the web.

In an unexpected lawsuit, US federal officials claim that Gilead Sciences willfully disregarded government patents on medicines necessary to end the AIDS epidemic.

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Few thought it would arrive so quickly. Now we're facing consequences once viewed as fringe scenarios.