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The benefits of sharing data are immense. Although most researchers agree that data sharing is the scientific ideal, there exists a widespread skepticism regarding…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- February 17, 2015
Since 2012, scholarly publishing has seen a boom in useful discussions about alternative metrics; science for the public; and measuring research impact in terms of how…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- June 16, 2016
How much of an impact does research have outside of science? Is scientific impact quantifiable? The Research Excellence Framework (REF) measures the impact of research…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- April 6, 2015
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
Postdocs are the next generation of researchers in the making. Apart from the stress of publishing papers and doing lab work, another intimidating challenge postdocs…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 31, 2017
Media outlets and journalists are often blamed for communicating exaggerated or distorted reports of scientific research to the public. However, a recent study has…
- Kakoli Majumder
- January 29, 2015
Statistics on the predominance of English in the number of journals, the number of publications, the number of publishers, and so on are easy to find and speak for…
- Yateendra Joshi
- October 30, 2013
The pressure to publish is immense; the pressure to publish in high-impact journals, even more so for any young researcher trying to establish a successful research…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 16, 2013
Journal editors and authors are the key players in academic publishing. Do authors face mistreatment at the hands of editors? Or do editors face more challenges while…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- February 7, 2015
Researchers facing challenges with funding and infrastructure may stand to learn from the region's recent events.
- Alagi Patel
- May 5, 2014