Then there are the counterfeiters.

Meet some of the people featured in the December 2020 issue of The Scientist.

Responses collected from around 25,000 academics reveal that 20 percent couldn’t do their work at all in the spring, but most had found ways to keep their research going.

While some academics have called for compensation for assessing other scientists’ work, publishers haven’t warmed to the idea.

Predatory journals are especially dangerous during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The changes, which affect the declarations authors have to sign and the peer-review process, have received a mixed response from the scientific community.

Despite high-profile political tensions between the two countries, researchers in the US and China are working together now more than ever, according to our bibliometric study.

When submitting manuscripts to Western journals, authors face issues that go beyond language barriers.

Constructively critiquing the scientific literature should be an essential part of the postdoctoral experience, and early career researchers have shown that they are up to the task.