There is never a dull day on academic Twitter and the month of March can attest to that. There was a lot in store for academics on Twitter throughout the month. Right from International Women’Read More
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March has been an eventful month for the scholarly publishing community. The news of Dr. Stephen Hawking’s demise created ripples in the research world and academics took to social media to express their grief. Read More
In the previous post of this series, I spoke about the role of regulatory bodies governing animal research. It’s now time to talk about what institutional ethics boards do when it comes to vetting Read More
Canadian-American mathematician Robert P. Langlands has been awarded the 2018 Abel Prize for introducing a theory that would bring together diverse areas of mathematics. According to the Abel Prize committee, Langlands’ theory revolutionized the field of Read More
A series of unplanned events led me to a copy of Charlie Munger’s famous speech titled “The Psychology of Human Misjudgment” and got my brain whirring. In the speech he lists “24 Standard Causes of Read More
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. Stephen Hawking Stephen W. Hawking, the scientist who captured the world’Read More
China is poised for yet another phase of changes in its science policy. Top political leaders in the country are busy holding the two most important assemblies of the year. The assemblies, namely, Chinese People’Read More
Research in many subject areas or fields involves the collection, archiving, and analysis of large amounts of data. While the ways in which research is conducted has advanced tremendously over the last decade, many researchers Read More
A few days ago, we were approached by a frantic author who was worried because the journal published his paper without informing him: “When I send emails to know the status of my submitted paper Read More
Just about two weeks to go for the 2018 Asian-Pacific conference of the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE), and we sure are looking forward to it! One of the first of the spring Read More