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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
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
This post offers some basic guidelines on choosing between upper case and lower case letters in scientific writing.
- Yateendra Joshi
- 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
One of ISMTE's missions is to enhance the professional roles of those who manage peer review and Editorial Offices for academic and scholarly journals. In this article,…
- Editage Insights
- July 13, 2015
The Dynasty Foundation, which provides $10 million of research funding to Russian scientists annually has decided to shut down after the Russian government labeled it as…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 10, 2015
The economic crisis in Greece has led to many speculations about the future of the country's science and research landscape. This post takes a look at the effect of the…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 9, 2015
The issue of predatory ‘patent trolls’ has been plaguing scientific innovation since decades. But what are patent trolls and how do they operate? Are universities trolls…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 7, 2015
Most authors find it difficult to handle peer reviewer comments. On the other hand, they find it equally difficult to step into the shoes of reviewers themselves. This…
- Sandra V. Kotsis
- July 6, 2015
What happens when a journal credits someone else for an article instead of the actual author? Such production errors can occur at the time of publication. But what is…
- Kakoli Majumder
- July 3, 2015