Open Access Week, a global event organized to make research more open, improve the visibility of scholarship, and accelerate research is just around the corner. The theme for OA Week 2018 spanning…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 19, 2018
Three researchers - Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland - were declared as winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for their groundbreaking…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 7, 2018
Have you ever wondered whether chimpanzees in a zoo imitate human visitors? Or whether using voodoo dolls to retaliate against rude bosses is effective? This year’s winners of the Ig Nobel Prizes…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- September 27, 2018
The month of August was remarkable for the scholarly communication and academic publishing community. Several important discussions around preprints, use of animals in research, about the job…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- September 1, 2018
Peer Review Week 2018 is drawing closer (September 10 to 15) and we can barely contain our excitement! Being staunch supporters and one of the organizing committee members of this event, we have…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- August 27, 2018
For nineteen months since U.S. President Donald Trump took office, the position of the leader of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has remained unoccupied. Now the…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- August 13, 2018
The International Mathematical Union announced the winners of the 2018 Fields Medal, one the most prestigious prizes in mathematics. Awarded every four years, it is bestowed on mathematicians 40…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- August 6, 2018
This month, German and Swedish academic institutions lost access to the latest Elsevier publications after the negotiations over high subscription fees and an open access agreement came to a…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 30, 2018
An Indian news media publishing company has uncovered a large and thriving market of questionable publishers and journals in India. According to an investigation, over 300 predatory publishers…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 23, 2018
Are you as excited for Peer Review Week 2018 as we are? This global event is dedicated to encouraging discussions about peer review. The theme for this year’s Peer Review Week is “Diversity and…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 20, 2018