At Edhec Business School in France, for instance, citations are not only monitored but tied directly to career progression. “Citation counts are one of the criteria used in academic promotions, for ...

When it comes to publishing the most impactful scientific research and identifying the best up-and-coming research paths, it takes one to know one. That's what researchers found when they analyzed ...

A scientific career is one that is rich in rewards other than money or recognition. The question that is often asked by managers of scientists is: How do we know that you are doing a good job (or even ...

Two big scholarly publishers of open-access research—meaning free to read outside a paywall—have been accused of excessively citing papers previously published in their own journals. A study published ...

For an industry so obsessed with peer review, it appears that academic journals are mighty reticent to retract or even warn readers about fraudulent articles. As Science magazine reports in a ...

A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist. By Dani Blum and Maggie Astor The Trump administration released a ...

The report, titled "Statistical Data of Chinese Science and Technology Papers", indicated that China published more than ...