For the past few years, on every International Women’s Day, I have thought of reasons I’ve known young girls or women give for choosing not to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering, Read More
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IOP Publishing has withdrawn 350 papers from two 2021 conference proceedings as evidence of systematic manipulation and considerable citation manipulation were observed during an investigation. Of the withdrawn papers, 232 articles were published in the Journal of Physics: Read More
Field Research. It’s romanticized. It stirs emotions of excitement and opportunity. At university, like all ordinary biology majors, we learned of Charles Darwin’s “Voyage of the Beagle” and how his visit to the Read More
An analysis of more than 37,000 articles1 reveals that authors from low-income countries opt to publish in paywalled journals over open access journals. While the scientific community has always speculated that authors from low-income countries will Read More
Writers write for their readers, and good writers write so that their readers will understand them easily. Although this applies to academic writing as well, writers of research papers also have other purposes and often Read More
The US State Department announced its withdrawal of the Fulbright Scholarship program1 from Afghanistan last month for the academic year 2022-23. It stated “significant barriers impeding our ability to provide a safe exchange experience to Read More
Artificial intelligence (AI) makes it possible for machines to “learn” and perform human-like tasks. Every industry is now implementing some form of AI, and these applications are continuing to grow. AI has become a part Read More
Early career researchers (ECRs) are a large and critical component of the research workforce, and consequently, an important segment for academic societies. However, ECRs face a number of challenges, including limited funding, lack of mentorship Read More
Just over a year ago, the UK government and the European (EU)Commission finalized a long-awaited trade dealthat crystalized UK’s status in EU Commission’s funding programs post Brexit. This deal paved the way Read More
The UK government released its much anticipated “levelling up” whitepaper this week. It consists of 12 quantifiable missions to be achieved by 20301, with special focus on innovation, increase in productivity, and strengthening the country’s science Read More
