With careers riding on young scientists’ position in author lists, friction is all too common. A snowballing initiative to list authors’ contributions aims to make sure credit is always given where...
Six early career researchers reflect on their experiences
Complaints about journal editors’ decisions ignore the root cause of the research assessment problem: career structure, says Richard Sever  Â
Joybrato Mukherjee says Chinese researchers ‘not always on the same page’ over IP – and looks forward to a VR-enabled ‘entirely virtual semester abroad’
Liverpool pro vice-chancellor says new positions would be step between PhDs and traditional postdoctoral posts
Moving overseas is often the best way to further an academic career, but the transition to a new system and culture can be painful. Six academics recount their experiences and offer their tips
Survey of 10,000 researchers suggests that despite headlines, salary and location are still bigger drivers
They think I’m a rising star, says a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford, but my hopes of a real career in science are sinking
The namesake cities in the US and UK are both home to internationally renowned universities whose industry collaborations are proving highly successful. But while that is good news for national...
US study reveals that it’s not just a matter of how much sleep learners get – when they go to bed matters, too
Why are postgraduates and postdocs so expendable and professors so untouchable, asks a geneticist subjected to a paranoid boss’ abuse
Critiques of the publish or perish culture, PhD career precarity and the plight of international students were themes in some of our most popular stories this year
Politicians, funders and university leaders all intone the mantra of interdisciplinarity. But what does the concept really mean? Will it really yield the insights it promises? And how best can it be...
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski tells young scholars to focus on research and ignore ‘shitty job market’
Brian Schmidt says academia is losing brightest researchers because they cannot endure ‘intolerable’ precarity throughout their thirties