China’s promised research reform ‘little more than PR exercise’

Agencies must agree on ‘demarcation line’ for questionable behaviour and mete out consistent punishment, Science paper says

4 March

Social scientists should be judged on their impact, while journals should make room for under-represented voices, say academics

5 August

Move to reduce reliance on SCI citations in decision-making could affect everything from researchers’ careers to university rankings, experts say

3 March

Some academics feel incentives do not reflect that motivation for research comes from ‘the pursuit of knowledge’, says researcher

12 December

Aims to move away from metrics-based evaluations floundering, study finds