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Traditionally the province of rogue individuals, academic misconduct has entered a new era in which third parties are exploiting submission loopholes to manipulate the…
- Duncan MacRae
- May 31, 2016
P value is the most commonly reported statistic in research papers, and yet is widely misunderstood and misused. Recently, the American Statistical Association (ASA)…
- Marisha Fonseca
- May 11, 2016
Should access to academic research be free? In the past year, this seemingly moral issue took a legal twist with Elsevier suing the founder of Sci-Hub. This website…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- May 11, 2016
International mobility among researchers has increased, and policymakers are interested in knowing the factors that influence researchers’ employment decisions. This…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- April 20, 2016
“Should I stay in academia or join the industry?” is a question every PhD student or postdoctoral researcher faces as he or she draw closer to completing research. This…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- April 6, 2016
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
Many researchers indulge in what is known as ‘outcome switching,’ which means the trial report does not include outcomes that are part of the pre-registration, or…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- March 14, 2016
Asia is one of the powerhouses of global research and development performance, and the Republic of Korea has emerged as one of the leading Asian nations in terms of…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- March 4, 2016
Globally, science and technology is making great strides. Remarkably, developing nations are fast catching up with the developed nations in terms of R&D investment,…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- February 10, 2016
Time and again, the media has been accused of distorting the image of science. But is bad journalism the only reason behind the mistrust in and misrepresentation of…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- January 29, 2016