Asian universities are catching up with the West on research strength, but only slowly.

Schummeln, ohne zu lügen - das ist die neue Plage der Wissenschaft. Die Medizin ist besonders infiziert.

NSF awards $10.8 million in grants to support US government initiative.

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council aims to accelerate both scientific breakthroughs and social and economic impact.

Overview of some of the approaches that research funders take to open access and why.

Paper turned down for plagiarising surfaces in another of publisher’s journals.

Maryam Mirzakhani is among four young researchers to win Fields Medals, awarded every four years.

A top Canadian government research organisation has been struck by Chinese hackers, the government has said.

Another stem cell paper has been retracted from Nature, this one a highly cited 2008 study. This is the 7th retraction in Nature this year.

One of Japan's top stem cell researchers, died in an apparent suicide. He was famous for his ability to coax embryonic stem cells to differentiate into other cell types.

The goal of the consultation is to better understand the full societal potential of 'Science 2.0' as well as the desirability of any possible policy action

The US Department of Energy has revealed how papers from research it funds will become free to read.

Thomson Reuters vows to be clearer about how science's most misused metric is calculated.

DORA is calling for the scientific community to contribute fresh JIF-less examples to the new DORA web page. Some procedures collected to date will affect scientists applying for positions at Europe's leading EMBO in Germany, at the NSF and at the NIH.

Letter urging to support for the post of Chief Scientific Adviser to the European Commission President.

Applicants are required to assess seven competing proposals in exchange for having their own application reviewed.

Fund people, not projects. The NIH is now encouraging its 27 institutes and centers to launch their own people awards.

The overall demand for new Ph.D.s in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math is stagnant.

David Willetts resigned from his post as UK universities and science minister yesterday as part of a government reshuffle. Today, Greg Clark, a conservative minister responsible for cities policy and constitutional reform, has taken over Willetts' portfolio.

Anonymity of authors as well as reviewers could level field for women and minorities in science.

At the beginning of July, LIBER and 17 other research and library organisations across Europe called on Elsevier to withdraw its current policy on text and data mining (TDM). The number of signatories to the letter has now surpassed 40. They include 33 professional groups plus individual researchers, professors and librarians in a total of 18 countries.

A new study finds that very few scientists (fewer than 1%) manage to publish a paper every year. But these scientists dominate the research journals, having their names on 41% of all papers.

Das britische Medienhaus BBC will künftig Wissenschafter, die abseitige Meinungen vertreten, seltener zu Wort kommen lassen. Das bedrohe die Meinungsfreiheit, sagen Kritiker.

Mit einem neuen Kompetenzzentrum wollen ETH Zürich und Universität Zürich in der «Personalisierten Medizin» Führung übernehmen.

Changes in scope and focus of European project anger factions of neuroscience community.

After a successful, six month pilot program, we’re pleased to roll out Altmetric today across all Wiley journals.

New policy follows efforts by other journals to bolster standards of data analysis.

A new network is being launched today, to strengthen science advice and evidence-based policymaking across Europe.

Research-agency staff protest over slashed spending and concerns about country’s future research capability

The people have spoken. Antibiotic resistance has been voted by the British public as the subject of the UK government's £10 million ($17 million) Longitude Prize - an initiative aimed at tackling society's greatest issues.