University Grants Commission's move to hand power to universities to judge journal quality faces resistance from research watchdogs Read more

A federal judge is set to hear arguments today for and against extending a block on the National Institutes of Health’s recent directive to cut support for medical research—much of which happens at universities—by more than $4 billion. Read more

The Carnegie classifications now require only two criteria for R-1 status: spend $50 million in annual research and award at least 70 research doctorates a year. A new designation also recognizes smaller colleges conducting research. Read more

The National Center for Education Statistics has been hit hard while researchers say grant review panels have been halted. Read more

Plans by the Trump administration to reduce government spending on research by billions of dollars has raised anxieties within higher education and among researchers who carry out the nation’s biomedical research. Read more

The Trump administration’s drastic change in grantmaking policy on Friday will result in billions of dollars of cuts to the U.S. research enterprise and has already triggered a widespread outcry across higher education. Read more

Billions of dollars have been spent on researching Alzheimer’s disease, which afflicts more than six million Americans and is the fifth-leading cause of death among the nation’s elderly. Yet there is no cure, and the few treatments available show only modest evidence of slowing cognitive decline. Read more

Lack of cooperation from publishers blamed for failure of transparency service that many hoped could drive down prices Read more

Unprecedented hike in UK Research and Innovation minimum PhD stipend will seek to place it in line with national living wage Read more

India-based periodical disciplined by bibliographic group Crossref after sleuths claimed ‘sneaked references’ had been injected into metadata Read more