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With transparency and reproducibility coming under the spotlight, we frequently encounter statements such as “Science is broken” and “Science needs to be fixed.”…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- March 25, 2016
Academics, especially early career researchers and PhD-holders, are now finding a new way to offer their services as freelancers or consultants to industries that…
- Ramya Sriram
- August 5, 2019
Qatar is rapidly gaining popularity as one of the top destinations for researchers across the globe. The country is trying to transition into a knowledge economy, and is…
- Kakoli Majumder
- July 14, 2016
This article discusses the value of open access to the general public and explores the impact of free access to scientific information and updates on laypersons and…
- Mriganka Awati
- June 25, 2019
Do you know what journal editors want from you? In this post a journal editor talks about how the predatory publishing and academic hijacking are very much like street…
- Caven Mcloughlin
- March 12, 2018
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
If you think that journals are in the content business, here is a different perspective. The author of this article believes that the journals are in the "assertions"…
- Richard Wynne
- December 12, 2017
Lack of reproducibility is one of the biggest challenges facing science. In this opinion piece, Ira Krull discusses his views on whether there is a way to rectify this…
- Ira Krull
- January 19, 2017
"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…
- Tim van der Zee
- April 5, 2017
After big data, the phenomenon that has caused a stir in the scientific world is that of artificial intelligence (AI). Whether it is healthcare, manufacturing,…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- December 1, 2017