The number of articles being retracted rose sharply this year. Integrity experts say that this is only the tip of the iceberg. (12 Dec 2023) The number of retractions issued for research articles in 2023 has passed 10,000 — smashing annual records — as publishers struggle to clean up a slew of sham papers and…
Springer Nature extends its national research integrity surveys to include the UK and US to help build global picture of researcher needs (14 Dec 2023) Data released today shows that a lack of training around data management is the top concern for researchers in the UK and US. When asked where more support was…
(13 Dec 2023) In December 2020, the Chinese Academy of Sciences released the first version of its journal Early Warning List. Three years on, Prof. Dr. Liying Yang, Director of the Scientometrics and Research Assessment Unit at the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who manages the Early Warning List, will host a research…
(11 Dec 2023) There are hundreds of websites designed to support chemists at every level across all aspects of their work, whether that’s a student interpreting a complicated NMR spectrum, a technician searching for safety information, or a principal investigator editing a paper. Chemistry World has gathered a selection of informational resources, online tools and…
(Dec 2023) NASA has released its free Open Science 101 curriculum to empower researchers, early career scientists, and underrepresented communities with the knowledge and tools to embrace open science practices. The five-module program is designed to equip researchers, students and citizen scientists with the skills to navigate the principles and practices of open science. NASA’s…
(5 Dec 2023) Scopus, a widely used database of scientific papers operated by publishing giant Elsevier, plays an important role as an arbiter of scholarly legitimacy, with many institutions around the world expecting their researchers to publish in journals indexed on the platform. But users beware, a new study warns. As of September, the database listed…
(7 Dec 2023) The UK’s next Research Excellence Framework has been delayed until 2029 amid concerns over plans to fully break the link between individual staff and university submissions. The exercise, whose results were due to be published in December 2028, will now conclude in the final month of 2029, it was announced on 7 December. …
(24 Nov 2023) This blog post draws insights from a recent installment of Highwire’s Best Practice Webinar Series, featuring a distinguished panel of experts: Fiona Hutton, Head of Publishing at eLife Sciences, Monica Granados from PREreview; and Boris Barbour from PubPeer. The webinar delved into the future of peer review by exploring community and third-party…
New tools show promise, but technical and legal barriers may hinder widespread use (21 Nov 2023) In today’s world, where scientific research is rapidly growing, new AI tools like Elicit or Scim are being developed to help researchers sort through and understand large numbers of academic papers. However, these tools are not perfect yet.…
More rigorous checking targets hyper-authorship, excessive self-citation and unusual patterns of group citation activity (18 Nov 2023) The Highly Cited Researchers list for 2023 recognizes 6,849 influential researchers at universities, research institutes and commercial organizations around the world who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their research. However, Clarivate’s Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)…