In one of the first judgments of its kind, India-based publishing group OMICS International has been ordered to pay over $50 million due to its dubious business practices. Read on to know more.
- Sneha Kulkarni
- April 5, 2019
The inclusion of North Korean researchers in international research projects and collaborations is highly restricted. However, last month, a top university from North Korea entered an exchange…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- April 3, 2019
Artificial intelligence is of huge interest to researchers as it has the potential to change the course of scientific discovery. While AI-powered applications in research are in a nascent stage, the…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- March 29, 2019
For decades, developed countries in the West have been the hubs of scientific and technological advancement, attracting talent across the globe. However, the R&D hotspots are no longer…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- February 14, 2019
The U.S. government announced a partial shutdown for an indefinite period of time after failed negotiations on December 21 between lawmakers and the White House, which has the science community in…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- December 27, 2018
The Max Planck Society of Germany, one of the largest research organizations in the world, announced that it will not renew its subscription with Elsevier as a gesture of its support to open access.…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- December 25, 2018
Major funders and librarians in China have stated their intent to support and join Plan S, an initiative by a group of European funders to ensure that by 2020 all publicly funded research outcome is…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- December 11, 2018
In the latest attempt to strengthen the scientific integrity of research produced by China, early this month, 41 Chinese organizations and departments issued a joint memorandum to set up a standard…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- November 28, 2018
Chinese researcher He Jiankui of the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen has claimed to have created the world’s first genetically edited babies – twin girls, “Lulu” and “Nana…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- November 28, 2018
Did you know about these trends in scholarly communication industry? Highlights from 2018 STM report
Did you know that in 2018, around 3 million articles were published? That the accessibility to content is now at its record high today? The scholarly communication industry is dynamic and to…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- November 9, 2018