Academia has witnessed several mass retractions in the past due to unethical publishing practices. The latest incident of mass retraction involves one of the world’s largest academic publishers, Springer. On August 18, Springer announced that Read More
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[This post was created for the Wolters-Kluwer author newsletter Author Resource Review and has been reproduced with permission.] Getting published isn’t magic; it’s a process. You don’t need to Read More
The legal clash between the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Southern California (USC) over rights to the federally funded research on Alzheimer’s disease has caught the attention of academia Read More
Case: The authors of a paper took the help of Editage’s publication support services for journal selection. Once the journal was selected, they submitted the manuscript online. However, after a few days, the authors Read More
Most researchers are aware of predatory scholarly publishers. However, predatory scholarly conferences pose a new threat to scholarly communications as researchers find themselves inundated with spam emails soliciting their attendance at these meetings. All researchers Read More
The Copley Medal is the world’s oldest scientific prize. This prestigious award was first presented by the Royal Society in 1731, 170 years before the first Nobel Prize was awarded. It is bestowed annually “for outstanding Read More
What is a clinical trial? Clinical trials involve research conducted on humans that is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a drug or treatment and add to medical knowledge. As per the National Institutes of Read More
The metric tide is certainly rising. James Wilsdon, Professor of science and democracy at the University of Sussex Mapping the quality and impact of scientific research has been a concern of all major stakeholders of Read More
Things do not look so great for the Brazilian research industry. Following the government’s decision to introduce spending cuts to avoid a sovereign credit downgrade, the Agency for Higher Education Development (CAPES) announced a 75% Read More
Metrics hold real power: they are constitutive of values, identities and livelihoods. James Wilsdon,in his foreword for The Metric Tide Metrics and rankings play an important role in research communication. At an overall level, Read More