All Academia articles – Page 16
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NewsChemistry papers find themselves on the scrapheap quicker than physics ones
50-year-old physics papers are cited seven times more often than those in chemistry
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CareersBreak down barriers by explaining jargon
Journal publishers should do more to help researchers communicate clearly
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CareersPublish in English or perish
The dominance of English in science does not reflect the scientists behind research articles
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News800 crystallography-related papers appear to stem from one paper mill
Preprint reports questionable images in papers that are all from authors based at Chinese hospitals
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NewsUKRI finds itself in hot water too over Researchfish cyberbullying row
UK’s main funder admits that it agreed that research service provider should share academics’ tweets with it
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NewsReport calls for urgent action to tackle predatory publishers
Range of measures proposed to combat exploitation of academia
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NewsAcademic publishers collaborate to collect diversity data
52 organisations sign up to standardised process to gain clearer understanding of author, reviewer and editor demographics
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NewsUS chemistry professor convicted under now-defunct China Initiative
University of Kansas chemical engineer faces decades in prison and steep fines for hiding ties to a Chinese university
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NewsChemistry Nobel laureate Sidney Altman dies at 82
Canadian–American molecular biologist won the 1989 prize for discovering RNA’s catalytic ability
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NewsChina grapples with lab safety following huge growth in student numbers
Study exposes serious incidents and deaths at universities
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NewsOrganocatalysis Nobel laureate will give prize money to underprivileged students
2021 chemistry Nobel prize winner David MacMillan founds charity in his parents’ honour
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NewsUS imposes further sanctions on Russian chemistry institute
Russia’s government-funded institute targeted again by US Treasury for its links to a cyber-attack on a Middle East petrochemical refinery
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NewsScientific publishers unite to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
More than a dozen publishers halt transactions, promotions and services to research organisations in Russia and Belarus
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NewsScientific societies fail to capture members’ true diversity
US Stem organisations urged to collect more inclusive demographic data to better support distinct underrepresented groups
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NewsThree-quarters of UK researchers ready to quit academia
88% say they ‘are not optimistic’ about the future of UK higher education
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NewsAria’s first chief executive withdraws before starting role
Darpa deputy will no longer take on role at new UK funding agency
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NewsResearchfish lands in hot water after threatening academics over critical comments
Service that tracks impact of research for UK universities and funders apologises for sending tweets claiming that it reported researchers
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NewsInvasion of Ukraine begins cascade of decoupling from Russian science
International science projects, scientific publishing and federations have all begun suspending cooperation with Russian scientists in unprecedented reaction
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NewsChina has overtaken the US when it comes to the highest-impact research
1.67% of papers by Chinese researchers were among the top 1% of the most highly cited articles in 2019, versus 1.62% of those with US authors
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NewsRacial inequality report highlights ‘alarming’ loss of ethnic minority chemists
Royal Society of Chemistry vows to tackle underrepresentation in the UK with initial £1.5 million fund