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It is easy to assume that young ESL researchers are more likely to plagiarize - Prof. Zabta Khan Shinwari

Prof. Zabta Khan Shinwari is the Secretary-General of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences and Chair of the Biotechnology Department of the Quaid-i-Azam University in…
It is easy to assume that young ESL researchers are more likely to plagiarize - Prof. Zabta Khan Shinwari
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Springer announces mass retraction of 107 papers by Chinese authors

Springer announced the retraction of 107 papers published in Tumor Biology, an open access cancer journal, as they found evidence of peer review manipulation. Most of…
Springer announces mass retraction of 107 papers by Chinese authors

Democratizing digital journal publishing can fix serials crisis – Danielle Padula, Scholastica

Danielle Padula, Community Development Coordinator at Scholastica, is responsible for managing Scholastica’s blog and social media activity. She also develops content…
Democratizing digital journal publishing can fix serials crisis – Danielle Padula, Scholastica

Thousands of science supporters around the world set to 'March for Science'

Scientists have been long accused of remaining confined to an ivory tower with little or no connect to the non-scientific community. But this will change on Earth Day,…
Thousands of science supporters around the world set to 'March for Science'

Why you should be a skeptical scientist

"Don’t take my word for it, but being a scientist is about being a skeptic," says Tim van der Zee in this post. Read on to know why he thinks scientists should be…
Why you should be a skeptical scientist

Academic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, March 2017

A lot has been happening in the scholarly circles this month: from Trump's first budget proposal, to NIH allowing preprints in grant applications, a sting operation…
Academic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, March 2017

Dr. Kim Holmberg: We are not yet ready to use altmetrics to measure research impact

Dr. Kim Holmberg is a postdoctoral researcher at the Research Unit for the Sociology of Education (RUSE) at the University of Turku, Honorary Research Fellow at the…
Dr. Kim Holmberg: We are not yet ready to use altmetrics to measure research impact

Axios Review announces closure, will no longer accept documents for peer review

Axios Review, an independent non-profit peer review service announced that the company plans to shut down and, effective immediately, they will stop accepting further…
Axios Review announces closure, will no longer accept documents for peer review

Trump's first budget proposal spells disaster for U.S. science agencies

U.S. President Donald Trump released the blueprint of his first federal budget for the next year on March 16. He proposed severe cuts to the science budget, sending…
Trump's first budget proposal spells disaster for U.S. science agencies
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Guidelines for analytical method validation: How to avoid irreproducible results and retractions

Is there a way to ensure that your results do not end up being irreproducible and you do not face retraction as a result? In this post, Ira Krull discusses all aspects…