Recent Articles
Empowering Innovation: A Spotlight on the National Science Foundation
- March 14, 2024
The NSF is one of the largest US federal funding agencies supporting research and education across a range of scientific fields.
Top 10 Largest Academic Publishers in the Global South in 2022
- November 06, 2023
The largest academic publishers in the Global South in 2022 are university presses.
Top 10 Largest Academic Publishers in 2022
- October 30, 2023
The top 10 academic publishers list was dominated by multinational publishing companies in 2022.
Organizational Spotlight: The American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- October 23, 2023
The American Geophysical Union supports the scientific community through meetings, publications, and climate change policies.
The 10 Countries with the Most Nobel Laureates
- October 17, 2023
Take a look at how 621 prizes have been distributed across the globe over the last century.
Top 10 Engineering Schools in Europe 2023
- October 11, 2023
In 2023, six of the top 10 European engineering schools could be found in the United Kingdom according to the Times Higher Education global university list.
Female representation in STEM across geographic regions
- October 09, 2023
Female representation within STEM fields varies by geographic region and World Bank income group.
Finding fellowships for international postdoctoral study
- September 26, 2023
The postdoctoral period is a great time to work and research abroad. Start with these fellowships to fund your international study.
Top 10 Engineering Schools in North America 2023
- September 22, 2023
If you’re interested in the scientific output of engineering schools, we’ve taken a deeper dive into the Times Higher Education’s top 10 North American institutions.
Funding Spotlight: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
- September 11, 2023
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions are a set of fellowships sponsored by Horizon Europe to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and researchers across borders.
Top 10 Largest Academic Journals in the Global South in 2022
- September 06, 2023
The largest journals in the Global South are orders of magnitude smaller than the world’s largest journals.
Top 10 Largest Academic Journals in 2022
- August 29, 2023
While the average journal publishes 128 articles over three years, the largest journals on this list were publishing over 20,000, 40,000, and ever 60,000 articles in the same time period. Which journals put out the most content?
Organizational Spotlight: UK Research and Innovation
- August 29, 2023
With multiple councils, UKRI awarded £3.1 billion in grants for the 2022–2023 cycle, with about 30% of this going to the top 10 universities.
Organizational Spotlight: The Fulbright Program
- August 25, 2023
The Fulbright Program funds an average of 8,000 awards to send researchers abroad for study and training.
Organizational Spotlight: The National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- August 14, 2023
In FY 2022, the NIH awarded 58,368 individual grants, amounting to $33.34 billion. Interestingly, the number of applications fell, and success rates increased for both research project grants and R01-equvilant grants.