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Here's a list of prestigious grants that are awarded to Chinese researchers every year. This list includes a special grant for researchers who have studied in the UK and…
- Dr. Shazia Khanam
- October 21, 2013
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Traditional metrics for measuring scholarly impact, such as the impact factor of the journal, h-index, etc., are familiar to all researchers. But although still very…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 17, 2013
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Research papers go through a long and thorough process of peer review so that the published papers are free of errors and mistakes. Despite this, sometimes some errors…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 17, 2013
The Nature Publishing Group released The Nature Publishing Index 2012, China, in May, 2013. This index is based on papers published in the prestigious Nature group of…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 17, 2013
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Today, science is progressing rapidly and new findings come to light every day. In such a scenario, replication studies could prove to be an important part of scientific…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 17, 2013
What do you think about this proposal? Will anonymity eliminate bias? Or do you think it is important for author identity to be disclosed in grant applications?
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 17, 2013
Several newspapers today have published shocking news about Elsevier’s Editorial Management System (EES) having been hacked into recently. The popular blog
- Editage Insights
- October 16, 2013
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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
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A group of three researchers affiliated to different institutions in Chicago, IL, recently published a paper in Nature, in which they have proposed a new formula that…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 16, 2013
The pressure to publish is immense; the pressure to publish in high-impact journals, even more so for any young researcher trying to establish a successful research…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 16, 2013