Open Research Data Poses Real World Risks That Need to Be Managed
A recent work outlines seven kinds of research data misuse and provide recommendations.
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South Korea Can Boost the Research Potential of Low-income Countries
South Korea Can Boost the Research Potential of Low-income Countries
The nation's unique geographical and geopolitical position makes it an ideal candidate to help low-income countries to realize their potential.
State Capacity and Varieties of Climate Policy
Multiple policy mechanisms exist to create climate policy. In this comment, the authors discuss the institution capacity and fiscal space that shape national policies around sticks and carrots mechanisms.
Assessing Potential Future Artificial Intelligence Risks, Benefits and Policy Imperatives
Assessing Potential Future Artificial Intelligence Risks, Benefits and Policy Imperatives
The swift evolution of AI technologies calls for policymakers to consider and proactively manage AI-driven change. This OECD's report distils research and expert insights on prospective AI benefits, risks and policy imperatives.
Science Policy Outlook for the Second Trump Presidency
Hostility to China, equity initiatives, and the federal bureaucracy will be key forces in the new administration.
ELife Won't Get an Impact Factor, Says Clarivate
Clarivate has decided to continue indexing some content from eLife in Web of Science.
Falling Walls: How Europe Can Strengthen Transfer and Innovation
How can Europe translate research into innovation?
Preprints at a Crossroads - Are We Compromising Openness for Credibility?
Bringing together a range of studies into various aspects of how preprints interact with the wider information ecosystem, Natascha Chtena, Juan Pablo Alperin, and Alice Fleerackers argue that the speed, accessibility and low barriers to entry that preprints offer to scholarly communication risk being undermined by attempts to make them more aligned to traditional academic publications.
Competitiveness is Key to Europe's Health Security
To strengthen its health R&D pipelines and prepare for the next health crisis, Europe needs to balance security concerns with greater industrial competitiveness
Metascience Can Transform Indian Research
Drawing on a study of priorities in health research, researchers argue a metascience approach can refocus Indian research towards areas that are most needed by Indian society and that are understudied globally
'It Could Be a Catastrophe': Déjà Vu and Panic for Scientists As Trump Wins Second Term
'It Could Be a Catastrophe': Déjà Vu and Panic for Scientists As Trump Wins Second Term
The research community fears another Trump presidency will be worse than the first, but the chemical and biotech sectors are more optimistic
The Horizon Europe Leaks: EU Plans €438M for Democracy, Economics and Culture Research in 2025
The Horizon Europe Leaks: EU Plans €438M for Democracy, Economics and Culture Research in 2025
"Radicalisation and extremism" and the rise of autocracies are a focus of next year’s draft work programme.
Grass-roots Grant-writing Approaches Can Help Researchers at Small Institutions to Succeed
Grass-roots Grant-writing Approaches Can Help Researchers at Small Institutions to Succeed
At small or minority-serving institutions, time and resources that are needed to draft successful grant proposals are often in short supply. But help is available.
'We Need to Be Ready for a New World': Scientists Globally React to Trump Election Win
How Swiss Universities Combat Espionage from High-Risk Nations
Worsening geopolitical tensions are forcing Swiss universities to reconcile global cooperation with a growing list of tougher sanctions.
How Science Journals are Confronting the 'Existential' Question of Politics this Election
Beamtimes and Knowledge Production Times: How Big-Science Research Infrastructures Shape Nations' Domestic and International Science Production
Beamtimes and Knowledge Production Times: How Big-Science Research Infrastructures Shape Nations' Domestic and International Science Production
Frontier scientific discoveries increasingly rely on big-science research infrastructures. This study investigates the effects of one of China’s prominent big-science infrastructures on the country’s production of science.
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