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Responsible use of preprints, need for animal research, PhD career prospects, and more (Good reads, August 2018)

The month of August was remarkable for the scholarly communication and academic publishing community. Several important discussions around preprints, use of animals in…
Responsible use of preprints, need for animal research, PhD career prospects, and more (Good reads, August 2018)

How socio-cultural factors influence publication practices in China

Is it possible that the socio-cultural factors of a country can influence the publication practices of the researchers? This article delves deep into the factors that…
How socio-cultural factors influence publication practices in China

Chinese scientist He Jiankui sentenced to prison for gene-edited babies

A court in south China’s Shenzhen city found He Jiankui and two others his research team guilty of illegally gene-editing human embryos. All the three researchers…
Chinese scientist He Jiankui sentenced to prison for gene-edited babies

2018 Ig Nobel Prizes honor study on human saliva as cleaning agent, roller coaster ride to pass kidney stones, and more

Have you ever wondered whether chimpanzees in a zoo imitate human visitors? Or whether using voodoo dolls to retaliate against rude bosses is effective? This year’s…
2018 Ig Nobel Prizes honor study on human saliva as cleaning agent, roller coaster ride to pass kidney stones, and more

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

Trump announces US exit from Paris Climate Change Agreement

US President Donald Trump, announced last week that the US intends to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and would no longer fulfill the pledges it took as…
Trump announces US exit from Paris Climate Change Agreement

Have you looked beyond publishing your paper? A perspective on reproducible research

A published paper is not the end, but a means to the larger picture – the actual research itself – which is broader in scope than the paper. This post talks about the…
Have you looked beyond publishing your paper? A perspective on reproducible research

Academic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, April 2017

The month of April was perhaps the most exciting time for academics around the world as several hundred researchers and supporters of science participated in the March…
Academic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, April 2017

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

New study identifies the novel coronavirus responsible for pneumonia epidemic in China

The 2019 novel coronavirus (CoV) causes fatal pneumonia that has claimed over 1300 lives, with more than 52000 confirmed cases of infection by February 13, 2020, all in…