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FeatureAI tools tackle paper mill fraud overwhelming peer review
th more article submissions and fraudulent activity than ever before, journal peer review processes are creaking under the pressure. Nina Notman discovers how AI and automated tools are taking some of the strain
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WebinarRestoring integrity: tackling fraud and data manipulation in scientific research
Join us on 27 November to learn how you can fight back against fraudulent research and paper mills
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ResearchHow does Clarivate pick its potential Nobel prize winners?
Chemistry World talks to the head of research analysis at the Institute for Science Information on how they decide which researchers are producing Nobel-worthy research
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NewsWhat are the top journals in chemistry right now?
Following the recent release of journal impact factors, we round up the leading journals across 10 chemistry fields
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NewsEight companies are selling authorships of UK ‘design patents’
Majority of registrations sold go to Indian researchers to pad CVs and bolster promotion chances
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NewsAnalysis reveals ethnic minority applicants’ grant success rates still lower
Engineering and physical sciences’ review panels in UK more likely to award white researchers
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CareersThe narrative CV: a step towards more inclusive science?
Exploring an alternative to a traditional list of achievements
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NewsAre Indian higher education institutes gaming the ranking system?
Concerns continue to be raised about students being misled by the Indian government’s flagship scheme
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NewsLeaked exams lead to cancellations that leave Indian students and researchers frustrated
Over a million students and early-career researchers hit by latest cash for exam questions scandal
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NewsNineteen journals shut down by Wiley following delisting and paper mill problems
Issues with manufactured manuscripts are a problem the whole publishing industry faces
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NewsGender equality report highlights progress and challenges for women in research
41% of the world’s researchers are female, but women are underrepresented as authors of papers and patents
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NewsTweets don’t bring citations, randomised controlled study finds
Social media’s benefits rest more on building scientific networks than promotion
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NewsEstimates suggest at least 2500 scientists have left Russia since the beginning of the war
Analysis of Orcid database finds Russian scientists are now leaving for universities in Central Asia, Israel and the UAE
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NewsResponse to review of red tape in UK research arrives after 18 months
Government outlines further measures including making the next Research Excellence Framework ‘measurably less bureaucratic’
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NewsRetraction Watch database bought by Crossref
Deal aims to make retractions easier for researchers to spot
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NewsChina considers stripping degrees from academics who misuse AI
Current and former university students in China shown to have used artificial intelligence tools to write dissertations could get degrees revoked
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NewsFirst publisher abandons impractical elemental analysis standard as journals eye next move
Historical ±0.4% accuracy standard was discovered to have little evidence backing in 2022
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NewsChina displaces US as top publisher of high-quality natural science studies
Contribution of researchers in China to Nature Index journals is ‘rapidly gaining ground’, and in 2021 they led in physical sciences and chemistry
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NewsDedicated committee needed to tackle research reproducibility problems in the UK
UK House of Commons report suggests government needs to play a bigger role addressing issues affecting science
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OpinionRelying on the h-index harms the careers of people who take career breaks
More holistic methods are needed to accurately assess the quality of a researcher’s work