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Research is now primarily a collaborative and often an interdisciplinary endeavor. However, this has given rise to the trend of mass authorship and fractional authorship…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 13, 2015
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From being known mostly only to their colleagues, Nobel Laureates attain celebrity status overnight. They find themselves in a flurry of activity: giving lectures,…
- Kakoli Majumder
- October 3, 2015
The future of science and research in Iran has become a hot topic among global academics and policymakers in the wake of the landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 1, 2015
Argues that working in multidisciplinary teams does more in bringing separate disciplines together than any academic intervention.
- Yateendra Joshi
- September 17, 2015
Has the Nobel bug bitten you yet? We are just 20 days away from the announcement of 2015 Nobel Prizes. Starting this week, through mid-October, we will bring you…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- September 15, 2015
With the rise in instances of misconduct in the academic publishing industry, everyone is aware that authors, journals, and editors have a joint responsibility to ensure…
- Sheng Fen-Ku
- September 11, 2015
Although most researchers agree that data sharing is the scientific ideal, there exists a general skepticism regarding making their data publicly accessible. Since…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- August 27, 2015
Is reproducibility of research a mirage? Moments of ‘Eureka’ are frequently becoming isolated instances for lone researchers rather than for the entire science community…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- August 20, 2015
Peer review and quantitative metrics are the two most prominent methods of evaluating the quality and impact of research. However, the recent surge in the importance…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 23, 2015
Metrics are important in research evaluation, but excessive focus on unreliable and rigid quantitative measures has diluted the nature and significance of research…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 23, 2015