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Research suggests that social structure, not personal ethics, determines the frequency of scientific misconduct.

Regulations seem to discourage academic scientists from partnering with industry, but such collaboration is essential to translational research.

Despite new disclosure requirements, ghostwriters remain a threat to the integrity of the scientific literature as well as careers.

In science, you have to be careful to be ethical.

Research suggests that women and minority scientists can prevent negative stereotypes from impacting their careers.

Future physician-scientists should ask three questions when choosing a residency: What field? What type of residency? Which program?

A critical shortage of highly skilled cybersecurity technicians and engineers means wide-ranging opportunities for scientists.

A rhetorician reports the results of his research on communicating with the National Science Foundation.

It was a difficult year for careers in science but another good year for Science Careers.

Recent reports from the National Academies see no break in the clouds over the scientific labor market.

Neuroscientist John Apergis-Schoute revised his professional aspirations once he started a family.

Can pretenured scientists blog about science without damaging their careers? It depends.

The first postdoctoral professional master’s degree graduates are very positive about the program.

Kathy Weston reflects on how she went from being an idealistic young scientist to jumping out of academia before she was pushed.

Scientists in many disciplines need informatics and computational skills to exploit the increasingly vast quantities of available data.

Can young scientists publish without a mentor's support?

An industry spokesperson claims the ghostwriting problem is fixed, but critics of the practice disagree.