Research

‘Overblown’ media reports focus on state control over students and perils of joint research

First analysis of economic cost of manuscript formatting highlights need for more flexibility from publishers, say authors

Improved citation performance amid falling funding is the result of gaming, say Alberto Baccini, Eugenio Petrovich and Giuseppe De Nicolao

Report for Research England warns assessment may be constraining academics' publishing options

Preliminary results of EUA survey suggest three-quarters of responding institutions draw on much-criticised metric

Rising instances of warrantless searches at borders have ‘serious implications for academic freedom and research confidentiality’, says union head

Athene Donald tells launch of institute that universities need better data on why women drop out

Major international project involves large charitable and public funders of research from nine countries

A cross-continental push to improve Europe’s best universities will make them more globally competitive, says Jan Palmowski

AI technology could help save people from the encroaching predators – and vice-versa

Caring duties and environmental responsibility do not signify a lack of commitment to scholarship, says Danielle George

Improving the career prospects of postdocs is now a priority of UK universities and research funders

Episode spotlights concerns for safety of scholars who visit repressive regimes

‘Systemic barriers’ hinder universities’ efforts to tackle the territory’s major problems, says report

Academic also claims European Commission officials told him UK coordinators would be kicked out in event of no-deal Brexit

Usha Goswami’s work has allowed educators ‘to arm themselves with scientific understanding’

Open access journal will publish results from studies sometimes dismissed as ‘failures’ as well as replication attempts

Bath researchers seek to combine scholarly rigour with campaigning zeal

Leading professor blames pressure to publish and lack of access to chief executives

Trump adviser plans multi-agency tour of universities confused by crackdown

It is unfair and dangerous that, unlike academics, researchers in the private sector operate with no ethical oversight, says Ron Iphofen

Researchers need to find more indirect ways of promoting peace in an age of nationalism, conference hears

Rheumatologist previously served as government chief scientific adviser and director of Wellcome Trust

Australian report warns against fetish for interdisciplinarity, citing increasing specialisation of subfields

This autumn Chestnut Hill College will host one of the world’s most unusual annual academic conferences

China’s rise has led to a surge in engineering research – although the discipline is growing in importance in other countries too

Widening chasm between sciences and humanities scholarship not found in other countries

Science’s decision sparks debate about how journals should respond to concerns about reproducibility

Former PM’s institute and Nobel laureate’s university team up to explore gender bias in leadership

Kathryn M. Rudy considers the huge expenses of doing scholarly work in her field of art history

Betting the farm on international students is a gamble – but what’s the alternative? asks THE’s Asia-Pacific editor John Ross 

Government also commits to regional education strategy and changes to free speech questionnaire

Survey of more than 3,000 academics finds many are sceptical about scholarship they come across

Individuals should be able to choose their own work-life balance depending on their life situation and level of ambition, says Lee Cronin

Mounting workloads and mushrooming publication output are making the task of staying abreast of the latest developments in the literature ever more difficult for academics. Here, eight researchers reflect on their own approaches and offer their tips

Gap in acceptance rates for major European conferences entirely down to behaviour of male referees

Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes has often been at the centre of contemporary political battles over the country’s communist past

Academics are wary of directly verifying whether videos are faked, and warn they need social media companies to cooperate

As academics fault journals on open access, data suggests significant responsibility also lies with professors

Europe and Japan take different approach to US and China on potential risks of technology

Data underline strength of links built via EU framework programmes and highlight amount of work needed to develop ties further afield

Pan-continental prosperity will suffer if the UK’s near-absence from the European University project is a sign of things to come, says Martin Paul

Inadequate funding and lack of interregional collaboration hindering much-needed scholarship, report says

Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise

In an age of vast team-science projects, it is more important than ever that leaders be properly prepared, says Matthew Flinders

The biocultural archaeologist talks about the lessons to be learned from Neolithic catastrophes and the ethical responsibilities of being ‘doctor to the dead’

Performance art is inherently ephemeral and can be highly controversial. But Matthew Reisz hears why the blood-soaked relics from one performer’s challenging shows are worth preserving and studying

Marking down fellowship applicants for being unwilling to move institutions can be deeply unfair, say Trisha Greenhalgh and Ed Hawkins

Tropical breakthrough represents the latest research application for the tiny aircraft

Scientists still stymied by federal restrictions as legalisation in states increases demand for answers on risk and benefits

The ‘best’ scientists lack time for peer review, and academics should be rated for ‘worthy’ papers, argues Dan Shechtman

Institute of Cancer Research and Imperial College London join forces to bring insights from physics, AI and data into cancer science

New analysis charts 40-fold increase in quantity of co-authored papers and 100-fold surge in quality

Study pinpoints ‘disconnect’ between what academics value when submitting work for publication, and what they think others value

A Times Higher Education survey bears out the growing difficulty of finding time for research

Summer is upon northern hemisphere academics. But its cherished traditional identity as a time for intensive research is being challenged by the increasing obligations around teaching and administration that often crowd out research entirely during term time. So is the 40/40/20 workload model still sustainable? Respondents to a THE survey suggest not. Nick Mayo hears why

Landmark development ‘blurs boundaries between education and research’ and aims to deliver work experience for students

Leiden University acted unlawfully, a court has ruled, in using anonymous letter to discredit an applicant for a professorship

UUK and Russell Group issue appeals after former shadow HE minister’s victory in Tory leadership race

Michael Kosterlitz tells THE how colour blindness shaped his career and why Nobel winners shouldn’t be taken too seriously