David Matthews

Academics’ reading lists are increasingly directed by algorithms. But are the recommendation services of platforms such as Google Scholar, ResearchGate and Mendeley distorting science? And might AI ultimately lead it to a disastrous echo chamber? David Matthews reports

New study raises questions over validity of single studies and suggests detailed tracking of researchers’ decisions during analysis

Sister-in-law of Azerbaijan’s autocratic president sits on board of centre set up to study country after brokering a £10 million donation

For the first time prestigious funder has explicitly told academics they must not include metric when applying for grants

Frustrated by rises in publishers’ article processing charges, the country wants to expand non-commercial journals instead

The former Austrian molecular biologist explains how a boring childhood was an advantage, why he switched careers and how designing board games is like basic research

In unprecedented comments ahead of federal elections in September, Anja Karliczek applauds university that shuttered its institute

Performance can help explore academic questions, say advocates, but the field still lacks full acceptance in the corridors of power and policymaking

Federal prosecutor alleges that ‘Ilnur N’ passed on university information to Russian intelligence services in return for cash

After criticism that it failed to declare Peter Daszak’s work with the Wuhan Institute of Virology, journal has also ‘recused’ zoologist from its coronavirus origins taskforce

Scholars, fed up with decades of living from contract to contract, force government to remove video that seemed to celebrate insecurity