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If you are reading this article, chances are that you know at least one language other than English. Yet, when it comes to writing about your research and, more…
- Yateendra Joshi
- October 30, 2013
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From being known mostly only to their colleagues, Nobel Laureates attain celebrity status overnight. They find themselves in a flurry of activity: giving lectures,…
- Kakoli Majumder
- October 3, 2015
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The sphere of scientific communication is dominated by English. Even though ESL (English-as-a-second-language) authors may have conducted groundbreaking research and…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 11, 2014
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Recent times have witnessed a drastic increase in the number of cases of scientific misconduct. In fact, the number of documented cases—419 in 2012, which is twice the…
- Dr. Shazia Khanam
- October 16, 2013
Is reproducibility of research a mirage? Moments of ‘Eureka’ are frequently becoming isolated instances for lone researchers rather than for the entire science community…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- August 20, 2015
While there is a fair share of women at the entry level in academia, they are highly underrepresented in senior faculty positions. Most women scientists perceive a…
- Kakoli Majumder
- March 11, 2015
Wouldn’t it be interesting to know what the academic world thinks of open access (OA) publishing and related topics, such as peer review, licensing, re-use, and metrics?…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 21, 2013
The impact factor has for a long time been a measure of journal prestige. Most authors wish to publish their papers in the so called high impact journals, even though it…
- Dr. Rishabh Jain
- August 29, 2016
With science becoming increasingly competitive, every published paper is seen as a step up the ladder of success. Thus, blocking or delaying publication of an academic…
- Kakoli Majumder
- January 8, 2016
Retraction is a way of alerting the research community of a paper’s questionable credibility. However, retracted papers continue to have an ‘afterlife’, in the form of…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 1, 2014