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Plagiarism is often one of the commonly cited reasons behind retraction of scientific papers. However, should plagiarism in any form necessarily result in journal…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- September 12, 2014
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This post discusses the article Why Open Access for Brazil (2008) by Alma Swan, which takes a deeper look at barriers that prevent Brazilian scientific research from…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- August 26, 2014
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Why is stem cell research surrounded by scandals and why do the controversies have serious implications on science? Dr. Xuejun Sun, experienced researcher and Associate…
- Xuejun Sun
- August 26, 2014
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China is the top annual producer of PhDs in the world today, having surpassed even the US since 2008. Despite the fact that post-graduate programs in China resumed only…
- Kakoli Majumder
- August 18, 2014
Public investment into scientific R&D has plateaued across the world, and this transition seems to have affected basic research the most. It it were the year 1960…
- Satyajit Rout
- July 29, 2014
China is emerging as one of the leaders in global scientific output and research. But what about the current quality of Chinese journals and is it related to a…
- Editage Insights
- July 25, 2014
Indeed, China’s academic publishing industry is thriving, offering its scholars thousands of journals to publish in. However, when benchmarked against journals from…
- Editage Insights
- July 25, 2014
Highlights the case of a "reviewing ring" that eventually led to as many as 60 papers being retracted and offers a few tips on being alert to the possible misuse of a…
- Yateendra Joshi
- July 17, 2014
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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
The open access (OA) movement is gaining worldwide consensus as more and more countries are joining the effort to make research freely available.
- Sneha Kulkarni
- May 23, 2014