(4 Jan 2024) In recent years, the research community has become increasingly concerned with issues involving the manipulation of images in scientific papers. Some of these alterations—involving images from experimental techniques such as microscopy, flow cytometry, and western blots—are inadvertent and may not change the conclusions of papers. But in rare cases, some are done…
(5 Jan 2024) China’s Ministry of Education has asked universities to look for possible academic misconduct following “massive” retractions of research papers submitted by Chinese researchers at some foreign publications last year, according to the websites of several universities. Henan Finance University, based in Zhengzhou, Henan province, is among the universities. It said in a…
(8 Jan 2024) This report focuses on the workforce, cultural, and technological shifts for seven macro trends that are continuing or emerging in higher education in 2024. Across these three areas of shift, we report the major impacts and steps that institutions are taking in response to each trend. Many of the trend topics and…
(9 Jan 2024) The rising cost of academic publishing is causing consternation across the research ecosystem and prompting calls in Europe for a transition to not-for-profit publishing models. Rob Johnson argues that expecting emerging not-for-profit providers to offer a cheaper solution than commercial players is a surefire way to keep them small – or make them…