For thousands of years, the Nile River has been a vital resource for millions of north-east Africans on it for irrigation, drinking water, fishing and hydroelectric power. With the Nile being shared by 11 countries, disputes persist.

A recent work  outlines seven kinds of research data misuse and provide recommendations.

The way that governments think corrupts scientists and their work. Ian Boyd offers an alternative.

Clarivate has decided to continue indexing some content from eLife in Web of Science.

How can Europe translate research into innovation? 

Association of research funding and performing organisations seeks to lead by example

Bringing together a range of studies into various aspects of how preprints interact with the wider information ecosystem, Natascha Chtena, Juan Pablo Alperin, and Alice Fleerackers argue that the speed, accessibility and low barriers to entry that preprints offer to scholarly communication risk being undermined by attempts to make them more aligned to traditional academic publications.

To strengthen its health R&D pipelines and prepare for the next health crisis, Europe needs to balance security concerns with greater industrial competitiveness

US academics debate Trump’s impact on R&D: budget cuts, visa limits – but perhaps some transatlantic cooperation. 

"Radicalisation and extremism" and the rise of autocracies are a focus of next year’s draft work programme.

Worries are mounting in Europe after Donald Trump won a second term in the White House, with the EU scrambling to chart a future in which it is less dependent on the US for defence and technology.

Journal’s policy of publishing all reviewed submissions irrespective of quality conflicts with citation metric’s rules.

An independent expert report on the EU’s Framework Programmes for research and innovation recommends major role for research funding and a restructuring of funding mechanisms.

European universities are behind more than 10% of all patent applications filed at the EPO from within Europe. However, wide variations in patterns of ownership and commercialisation are much in evidence.