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An analysis of author contribution statements in a large number of published papers reveals biases in the career trajectories of scientists.

Virtual conferences benefit the scientific community by increasing the number and diversity of attendees compared to in-person conferences, and by being less time consuming, more economic and environmentally friendly.

A longitudinal study of open access levels at 1,207 research institutions worldwide reveals high performing institutions in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Although questionable research practices inflate false positive rates, they have little effect on replicability because they also increase power.

Appointing early-career researchers to positions of influence within scientific societies would be mutually beneficial for both.

The best theory papers help experimentalists to identify which of their results might be general and to plan a path through the maze of all possible future experiments.

The poor reporting of imaging methods in the scientific literature is hindering the evaluation and replication of biomedical research.

The DORA initiative offers practical guidance on improving the assessment of research by universities, research institutions, and funders.

Early-career researchers propose seven actions that can be taken by research institutions and departments to improve science training.

The linguistic characteristics of peer review reports are not influenced by research area, type of review or reviewer gender, which is evidence for the robustness of peer review.