Robert Maxwell founded a scientific publishing empire after World War II that turned research papers into a profitable ...

Funding organizations can fix the science publishing system—which currently puts profit first and science second—according to ...

When President Donald Trump’s administration abruptly canceled federal subscriptions to Springer Nature journals this summer, ...

Federal officials are raising long-standing concerns with research journals and the academic incentive structures propping them up. But experts say the government alone can’t overhaul the industry.

Researchers design studies that might disprove what’s called their null hypothesis – the opposite of the claim they’re ...

The rise of "fake" science poses a serious threat to the integrity of academic research, a new study warns. A widespread underground network of fraudsters is pumping out fake scientific results at an ...

Bill and Melinda Gates visiting women in Jamsaut village in Bihar, India. Open access to journals is particularly important for researchers in developing countries. (Gates Foundation Photo) Scientific ...

Much published science and the "knowledge" resulting from it is likely wrong and sends researchers chasing false leads. Without research integrity, we don’t know what we know, so it is incumbent on ...

Why should I believe a scientist? While the pandemic exacerbated mistrust in scientists, confidence in research has been slowly eroding for decades. This series of stories peels back the curtain to ...

A new report from Springer Nature, in partnership with Overton, offers the most comprehensive picture yet of how academic ...