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5 Reasons why academics feel the Nobel Prize should undergo a change

The first Nobel Prize was awarded more than a century ago. With time, the scientific landscape has changed significantly and some academics feel that the rules for…
5 Reasons why academics feel the Nobel Prize should undergo a change

2017 Lasker Awards honor HPV vaccine developers, Planned Parenthood, and TOR protein discovery

The Lasker Foundation announced the winners of the Lasker Awards for 2017. The Lasker Awards are one of the most prestigious awards in medicine. There is a lot of buzz…
2017 Lasker Awards honor HPV vaccine developers, Planned Parenthood, and TOR protein discovery

Double-blind and transparent peer review systems have advantages and shortcomings

John Butler-Adam is the Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science, the second oldest journal in South Africa. He serves as a consultant to the University…
Double-blind and transparent peer review systems have advantages and shortcomings

Join Editage Insights in celebrating Peer Review Week 2017

Editage Insights is participating in Peer Review Week 2017, a global event dedicated to peer review for the pivotal role it plays in scholarly publishing. The theme for…
Join Editage Insights in celebrating Peer Review Week 2017

Global warming is a reality, not a trick to hamper industrial growth elsewhere in the world

John Butler-Adam is the Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science, the second oldest journal in South Africa. He serves as a consultant to the University…
Global warming is a reality, not a trick to hamper industrial growth elsewhere in the world

Academic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, August 2017

To help you stay up-to-date with the latest topics of discussion in academia, we've curated this list of interesting posts and updates. While most of these posts are…
Academic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, August 2017

German institutions push Elsevier for a fair deal in order to access paywalled research

Since two years, a German consortium called Project DEAL has been negotiating with a few major publishers to create a new licensing agreement for Elsevier’s entire…
German institutions push Elsevier for a fair deal in order to access paywalled research

White House makes its science priorities known; climate change isn't listed

Donald Trump’s administration has issued this memo and its contents are vital in understanding where the U.S. government is headed. The memo, which has been written…
White House makes its science priorities known; climate change isn't listed

Report of the 2017 Annual Conference of the Asian Council of Science Editors - (Events)

The Editage Insights team participated in the 2017 meeting of the Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE) at the Carlton Palace Hotel in Deira, Dubai, on August 13 and…
Report of the 2017 Annual Conference of the Asian Council of Science Editors - (Events)

Is it about time science shakes hands with politics?

A general view about researchers is that they are a recluse community that seldom leaves their labs and the ivory tower. This has changed over the past few years. Across…