Today's guest post discusses research metrics and their relationship to research integrity, inclusivity, and long-term impact.

You have the right to appeal against a rejection from our journals. An appeal is an extension of the peer review process and the same ethical standards apply, so you should not submit an appeal whilst...

You have the right to appeal against a rejection from our journals. An appeal is an extension of the peer review process and the same ethical standards apply, so you should not submit an appeal whilst...

These days we are in a world of hyperauthorship, with ever-growing lists of names on journal articles, but with early career researchers often not get...

Kim Eggleton (COPE Council) and Leslie McIntosh (Digital Science) discussed what citation manipulation looks like, how it has changed with the growth of paper mills, and what editors can do about it.

Publications may be retracted or removed, or expressions of concern (EoCs) may be issued, for a broad range of reasons, including research misconduct and serious error. While retractions are valuable mechanisms by which to correct the scientific and scholarly record, correcting the record requires that these decisions be clearly communicated and broadly understood. Unclear and inconsistent representation of the retracted status of published works may ultimately contribute to continued uncritical use of these invalidated publications in the scholarly literature.

Hundreds of grants axed in a field where the United States was a global leader

It’s just the latest “Orwellian” crackdown on government scientists.