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NewsLatest diversity figures paint improving picture of physical sciences in the UK
Engineering and physical sciences funder reveals award and fellowship data
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Elite scientists picking up more citations than ever as the rest lose out
Top 1% of scientists took 21% of citations in 2015
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Lack of support undermines minority and female chemistry PhDs
US survey shows importance of peers and finances in graduate schools
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Improper publishing incentives in science put under microscope around the world
Gaming of systems puts quality research at risk
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Research excellence framework resumes after four month hiatus
New timetable and guidance released following coronavirus shut down
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Does pursuing commercial interests hinder an academic career?
Research probes scientists’ motives for pursuing commercial projects
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Initiative to curb bias hasn’t eliminated racial disparities in NIH funding
Study uncovers statistically significant differences between the preliminary overall impact scores awarded to black and white researchers
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Mentorship ‘strongly predicts’ protégé success in the sciences
Researchers whose mentors later win science prizes are two- to four times more likely to go on to have ‘superstar’ careers
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Moving towards fairer academic rewards
New incentive systems take into account more than just a researcher’s publication history
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Has the chemistry Nobel prize really become the biology prize?
Researchers digging into the data call for honesty and transparency on how the prize has changed over the years
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China tops chemistry research ranking, leaving US in second place
Huge growth in high-quality research means China leads this year’s Nature ranking
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China overtakes UK in list of highly cited researchers
More than 6000 influential scientists identified across 21 different fields
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75% of European spending on scientific journals goes to ‘big five’ publishers
But only 56% of research is published by these top publishers
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Science really does advance one funeral at a time, study suggests
The death of a scientific superstar can open up a field
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UK to set up research integrity committee by 2020
A panel appointed by UKRI will oversee university misconduct investigations
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Science scorecards reveal state of research in G20 nations
Performance measured using data on funding, gender balance and open access
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Open data linked to higher citations for journal articles
Studies that provide access to underlying data are cited 25% more often than those that don’t
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Do men actually ask more questions at science conferences than women?
Even when women make up 70% of the audience, they still only ask about 40% of the questions, analysis reveals
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Misconduct not mistakes are the chief reason chemistry papers are retracted
Analysis prompts call for publishers to be more open about the reasons a paper is withdrawn
