Thousands of scientific papers have used data collected by users of the platform iNaturalist, according to new research. By Emily Anthes In the spring of 2019, a nature photographer hiking in the ...

Learning how to conduct accurate, discipline-specific academic research can feel daunting at first. But, with a solid understanding of the reasoning behind why we use academic citations coupled with ...

Researchers at Peking University have documented a striking disconnect between journal policies on artificial intelligence and what scientists actually disclose in their papers. Their analysis of more ...

Adopting a targeted, multi-pass reading approach to research studies can help you efficiently locate and extract the information you’re looking for while identifying potential limitations. Reading a ...

A sweeping new study from Northwestern University reveals that scientific fraud is no longer just the work of a few rogue researchers—it has evolved into a global, organized enterprise. By analyzing ...

The number of scientific papers flagged as fraudulent has been growing. Now a new paper sheds light on how it’s being done. Researchers found loose networks of unscrupulous editors working with ...

The REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is a cornerstone in cardiovascular and dementia research and has been awarded $40 million ...

It’s well-known that professors across all disciplines are under pressure to publish if they want to get tenure. But what’s been less known is how achieving tenure—and the job security that comes with ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Last year, a Springer Nature journal published a study surveying ...

A new study suggests that the federal government's cutbacks to scientific research funding could result in a long-term reduction in GDP. The Trump administration’s wide-spread reductions in funding ...