Elsevier's updated journal article sharing and hosting policy that provides specific guidelines about how papers can be shared at each stage of the publication process is being criticized by open…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- June 2, 2015
A successful open access publishing company Frontiers has stirred a controversy over editorial independence. 31 editors of two of its journals have accused the company of denying them editorial…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- May 23, 2015
Europe's biomedical research is threatened by the European Citizen’s Initiative’s (ECI) Stop Vivisection proposal. However, several science organizations and 16 Nobel laureates are defending the…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- May 11, 2015
The footage of zebrafish's 'inner ear' development by Dr. Mariana Muzzopappa of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine Barcelona; and Jim Swoger of the Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona …
- Sneha Kulkarni
- April 29, 2015
Recognizing the moral and ethical responsibilities of researchers and the need to promote clinical trial transparency, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued Statement on Public Disclosure of…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- April 21, 2015
How much of an impact does research have outside of science? Is scientific impact quantifiable? The Research Excellence Framework (REF) measures the impact of research conducted by British higher…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- April 6, 2015
Should germline modification – a gene-editing technique – be allowed on human embryos? This ethically laced question has generated much hype and discussion among geneticists.
- Sneha Kulkarni
- March 31, 2015
The 2015 Abel Prize was awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters to two prominent mathematicians: John Nash and Louis Nirenberg. The Abel Prize, considered by some to be ‘the Nobel of…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- March 27, 2015
P-values are widely used as the basis of testing null hypothesis, but many experts have been critical of the use of p-values. Now, the journal Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP) announced a…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- March 16, 2015
Women are making their presence felt in a traditionally male-dominated academic world. However, they are still underrepresented in fields such as political science, physics, and philosophy. A study…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- March 9, 2015