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Data sharing and management are indeed extremely important in today's world. The scholarly community is trying to raise awareness and motivate researchers to share their…
- Kakoli Majumder
- December 30, 2014
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has announced the launch of a new content sharing initiative that claims to provide free read-only access to articles that were previously…
- Kakoli Majumder
- December 26, 2014
Stem-cell biologist Dr. Haruko Obokata who claimed to have discovered a simple and inexpensive way of producing stem cells, the STAP (Stimulus-triggered acquisition of…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- December 24, 2014
The pressure to publish has led some authors to exploit the peer review system and indulge in peer review rigging. These scandals have prompted discussions among experts…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- December 19, 2014
Can the high host specificity of phages be used to our advantage, in order to establish a preventive and therapeutic method for some chronic diseases?
- Xuejun Sun
- December 3, 2014
Post-publication peer review is considered by some experts as one of ways of preserving scientific integrity since published research is open to the scrutiny of all…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- November 29, 2014
"Science is global; so is WAME." President of the World Association of Medical Editors, Dr. Lorraine Ferris, discusses the important role world-renowned WAME…
- Editage Insights
- November 20, 2014
Although China is among the world leaders in scientific output, the Chinese research system has been struggling to resolve many basic problems in research management. To…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- November 19, 2014
The Breakthrough Prize, the largest award in sciences, honored 14 pioneering scientists in the fields of fundamental physics, life sciences, and mathematics with $3…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- November 14, 2014
While peer review is considered as an integral part of validating the soundness of science, peer reviewing has remained a largely unacknowledged task. The recently…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- November 5, 2014