Sci-Hub, the site that provides free access to pirated academic papers, has been ordered to pay $15 million by a U.S. district court to Elsevier, the Dutch-based company which is one of the world’s Read More
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The discussions trending in the scholarly community this month revolved around a variety of interesting issues. While Trump’s policies and China’s zeal to curb research misconduct continue to create a buzz, some other Read More
This is the second part of the two-part series where Sneha Kulkarni, Managing editor, Editage Insights, attended the 39th annual meeting of Society for Scholarly Publishing in Boston, USA, accompanied by Nikesh Gosalia, Director, Academic Read More
Last week, Clarivate Analytics released the much anticipated 2017 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which includes information about highly cited peer-reviewed publications. A combination of impact and influence metrics as well as citation data from the Web Read More
(June 19, 2017; Philadelphia, U.S.) Editage announced travel grants for journal editors from East Asia to attend the 10th Annual North American and European conferences of the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE). ISMTE’Read More
Why do scholars follow unethical practices? While no particular nation or scientific research specialty has avoided the taint of academic misconduct, the scamming of science is unfortunately particularly rampant wherever the pressure to publish pushes Read More
Every discipline has its own conventions to be followed when writing a research paper and the physical sciences are no different. Of course, using words effectively is always of crucial importance, but during my work Read More
Earlier in May, Sneha Kulkarni, Senior Writer & Editor, Editage Insights, attended the 39th annual meeting of Society for Scholarly Publishing in Boston, USA, accompanied by Nikesh Gosalia, Director, Academic and Publisher Relations, Editage, and Read More
In a dramatic move, US President Donald Trump, announced last week that the US intends to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which it entered into just two years ago. At a White Read More
The academic community in China was shaken last month as Springer announced the mass retraction of 107 papers, involving Chinese authors and institutions. In May, another Springer journal, Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics, has retracted some other Read More