Signs of trouble are turning up at the biggest scientific journals and the publishers that host them. In December, nearly ...

At a briefing at the AAAS Annual Meeting moderated by Clive Cookson, a veteran editor and science writer at The Financial Times, these EICs took to a stage to address some of the most challenging ...

Scientists share their work by publishing articles in journals, such as Nature, Science or PLOS Biology. One major part of the publishing process involves having these manuscripts reviewed by unpaid ...

Editors at scientific journals are quitting in droves. According to Retraction Watch, a watchdog publication, there have been at least 20 mass resignations since 2023. So, what’s going on? If you look ...

Over the past 25 years, a Canadian medical journal has been publishing fictional clinical case reports but framing them as ...

Last spring, I joined a rebellion. The entire editorial board of the prestigious scientific journal NeuroImage, of which I was a member, resigned after its publisher refused to take steps to ease the ...

Federal officials are raising long-standing concerns with research journals and the academic incentive structures propping them up. But experts say the government alone can’t overhaul the industry.

The Trump administration’s attack on scientific institutions has been characteristically audacious: Eliminating the U.S. Agency for International Development, which funded healthcare interventions and ...

The authors now call for a re-evaluation of ethical frameworks to foster responsible AI integration in science. They state that prohibition or disclosure requirements are insufficient to regulate AI ...

Last month, we witnessed the viral sensation of several egregiously bad AI-generated figures published in a peer-reviewed article in Frontiers, a reputable scientific journal. Scientists on social ...