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What do you wish for a better future of science and academia? Our series of posts on Global Science explored the current trends in global scientific publishing and to…
The Breakthrough Prize, the largest award in sciences, honored 14 pioneering scientists in the fields of fundamental physics, life sciences, and mathematics with $3…
The scientific community is steadily moving toward open science. Even publishers are joining this “open” trend. China, being the country with the second largest research…
More than six months into his presidency, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump has not yet appointed a science advisor and has displayed no definitive…
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal and Campaign for Accountability accused Google of “paying academics to publish research favorable to the company’s policy and…
English language journals are rapidly being launched in China by Chinese universities and publishers, according to The Publishers Association’s new report PA Market…
Do you aspire to become a peer reviewer? Reviewing scientific literature can help you develop your writing and communication skills. Moreover, you will be able to keep…
Did you know that in 2018, around 3 million articles were published? That the accessibility to content is now at its record high today? The scholarly communication…
Sci-Hub, the site that provides free access to pirated academic papers, hit a bumpy road last year when it was ordered to pay damages worth $15 million to Elsevier and…
Here, I share some personal observations and thoughts while attending the Eighth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication in Chicago, which…