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Indonesia is a world leader in the number of free-to-read published research journals. Know what this means for the research ecosystem in Indonesia.
- The Conversation
- October 18, 2020
- 1.1k views
Predatory author services are the newest avatar of predatory publishers, but with the same malicious intent: to deceive new, inexperienced researchers. With the backing…
- Irfan Syed
- June 24, 2020
- 5.1k views
An in-depth look at how preprints are helping accelerate research around COVID-19, including challenges and measures to overcome them
- Irfan Syed
- May 14, 2020
- 4.6k views
The COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping through the world. In an attempt to stop the transmission of infections, academia has taken several tough steps. While these measures…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- April 2, 2020
- 10k views
Over the past few years, mental health in academia has begun to receive more and more attention—a welcome development since mental health concerns among researchers had…
- Mriganka Awati
- January 30, 2020
- 4.7k views
An in-depth look at several recent initiatives taken by various Indian stakeholders to improve the quality of research in the country
- Irfan Syed
- December 24, 2019
- 1.5k views
I became curious about what kept researchers motivated on their journey. So I reached out to a few of them, looking for answers to a couple of simple questions: What…
- Aayati Sengupta
- November 27, 2019
- 20.6k views
This post presents the key results from the Grant Review in Focus report, a global survey by Publons on grant peer revieweing
- Irfan Syed
- October 21, 2019
- 1.8k views
The theme of Peer Review Week 2019 was Quality in Peer Review. We reached out to a bunch of people to know what they thought about peer review. Here are some of the…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- September 25, 2019
- 2.4k views
Sense about Science's Peer Review Survey 2019 unveils interesting points and insights about the peer review system. It also lays down several action paths to make the…
- Irfan Syed
- September 20, 2019
- 1.2k views