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Success in academia is increasingly tied to public engagement, and scientists have to engage with the media to promote their research and explain its significance to the…
In June, most of the discussion in scholarly circles revolved around misconduct, corruption and credibility in science, the future of science communication, and of…
Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) has sent massive shockwaves throughout the world. While the economists and politicians are worried about the economic…
Productive scientists are also writers who, at once, communicate with each other and create the scientific record through publication in peer-reviewed journals. The…
Authors sometimes have preconceived ideas about copyright. Some authors are under the impression that open access articles do not have copyright. Such a mistaken idea…
Jon Tennant completed his PhD from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London. His research focused on patterns of biodiversity and…
The CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing technology is inching closer towards clinical trials with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) approving a proposal to use it in…
One of the most challenging problems that academia is dealing with is misconduct in research. However, tackling the ever-increasing incidents of misconduct is…
Jon Tennant completed his PhD from the Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial College London. His research focused on patterns of biodiversity and…
Since 2012, scholarly publishing has seen a boom in useful discussions about alternative metrics; science for the public; and measuring research impact in terms of how…