The results suggest that – in theoretical physics at least – referees tend to rank rigour lower
Read article: Theorists are good peer reviewers – but tend to prefer significance over rigour, study finds
Our podcast guest is Emily Grubert of the University of Notre Dame
Read article: Interdisciplinary researcher explores the many facets of decarbonization
Rumours of the death of academic books have been greatly exaggerated
Read article: Celebrating 10 years of IOP ebooks
This podcast features an astrophysicist and folklorist; and an academic publisher
Read article: The folklore of the Milky Way and the future of scholarly books publishing
Editorial board members from IOP Publishing’s quantum journals discuss key topics in their fields
Read article: Publishing at the frontier of quantum technology research
The rapid rise of transformative agreements between publishers and research consortia is providing extra impetus to the Electrochemical Society's long-standing ambition to "Free the Science"
Read article: Electrochemical Society powers ahead with open science
This podcast features physicist and chatbot enthusiast Matt Hodgson
Read article: The chatbot revolution: how physicists are using large language models in academia
This podcast features the editors-in-chief of two new environmental journals
Read article: New directions in environmental health and ecology, innovation in science and technology is waning
Researchers discover a decline in the ‘disruptiveness’ of papers and patents in recent years
Read article: Progress could be slowing down in science and technology, finds study
Greater numbers of PhD students and postdocs at top universities could be why researchers at those institutions publish more papers than their peers at less prestigious centres
Read article: Why it pays to join a big research group if you want to be more scientifically productive
