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For many young researchers Nobel Laureates are like celebrities who can only be emulated from a distance. Every year, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings give about 500…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- October 15, 2015
Knowing a bit about journal publishing helps authors to see their contribution in a context since authors are affected by the policies adopted by publishers of journals.
- Yateendra Joshi
- April 14, 2014
Despite substantial investments in R&D, Japanese research output is not yielding the returns expected. In addition to having to dealing with a hierarchical…
- Matthieu Py
- June 23, 2015
While the advocates of open science stress on transparency and accessibility, there is a growing sentiment among some scientific folk about the need for nondisclosure of…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- January 21, 2016
Since the last 20 years, China has focused on becoming a global leader in innovation and there are indications that the country is succeeding. Today, China has become a…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 17, 2017
In the month of International Women’s Day 2015, Editage Insights brings you Women in Academia---an enlightening and informative series centered on women in research,…
- Editage Insights
- March 16, 2015
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
The scientific landscape of Korea is undergoing a change. With change at various levels, including a consistent growth of R&D budget, openness toward the acceptance…
- Sun Huh
- June 27, 2015
Money is believed to buy everything—including authorship in journals covered by SCI, the Science Citation
- Yateendra Joshi
- April 4, 2014
Metrics are important in research evaluation, but excessive focus on unreliable and rigid quantitative measures has diluted the nature and significance of research…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 23, 2015