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Is reproducibility of research a mirage? Moments of ‘Eureka’ are frequently becoming isolated instances for lone researchers rather than for the entire science community…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- August 20, 2015
On August 18, Springer announced that it has retracted 64 articles from 10 of its subscription-based journals after discovering that the reviews of these papers were…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- August 18, 2015
Dr. Shinichiro Takezawa is the founder of Science Postprint (SPP), Asia’s first open access scholarly journal. Dr. Takezawa is also the CEO of the Japan-based company…
- Editage Insights
- August 17, 2015
Two Californian universities, the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Southern California, are in a legal dispute over rights to the…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- August 6, 2015
Professor Peter Higgs is the latest recepient of the Copley Medal, the world’s oldest scientific prize, for his pioneering work on the theory of Higgs boson. This…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 26, 2015
Peer review and quantitative metrics are the two most prominent methods of evaluating the quality and impact of research. However, the recent surge in the importance…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 23, 2015
In the wake of an impending economic crisis, the Brazilian government is walking down the path of austerity with respect to federal budget and expenditure. This…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 23, 2015
Metrics are important in research evaluation, but excessive focus on unreliable and rigid quantitative measures has diluted the nature and significance of research…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 23, 2015
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Transparency in reporting of research is essential for providing enough information about how the work was performed to allow others to replicate it. This post…
- Patricia K. Baskin
- July 20, 2015
Dr. Jianwu Yan is the Deputy Director of the Mechanics and Electrical Engineering School Experiment Center at Nanchang Institute of Technology, where he teaches and…
- Editage Insights
- July 16, 2015