Elsevier and the University of California (UC) have signed North America’s largest open access (OA) scholarly publishing agreement. According to the read-and-publish deal, UC researchers and faculty will be able to access almost all Read More
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The voice of women in academia is growing stronger and yet the gender gap continues to be a prominent issue even today. Women often have to shoulder more responsibilities and balance the different roles they Read More
China plans to increase its spending on R&D by 7% each year of its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), announced Premier Li Keqiang at the annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) held Read More
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world, we experienced a seismic change – most of us started working from home. While some welcomed this change of lifestyle (count me in this part of the crowd), others Read More
Late last month, the UK government announced their plans to launch the Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA) – an independent, scientist-led research agency to support “high-risk, high-reward” research projects. Citing the illustrious achievements of UK Read More
The Growing Need for PLS Members of the public routinely seek medical information online. A 2018 study showed that patients ranked articles from scientific journals the third most important source of healthcare information (47%), after general Internet Read More
The gender disparity in science and research has been a point of discussion for many year. Studies show that women publish less, get fewer grants, have lesser citations, earn lower salaries and have a reduced Read More
Getting published is a major goal for researchers. The global pandemic, which is continuing its surge in several parts of the world, has underlined the importance of publishing rapidly. With the pace of publications increasing Read More
Throughout my life, I had always thought and felt that colleges and universities were bustling places. Students playing frisbee on the quad in between study sessions or eagerly attending classes, and professors engaging in teaching Read More
Last week, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) announced the retraction of 68 articles from three of its titles – RSC Advances, RSC Medicinal Chemistry, and Food and Function – on grounds of falsified research. An investigation was Read More
