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- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- February 11, 2016
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 researchers a chance to meet…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- October 15, 2015
Choosing a journal for your manuscript can be quite stressful, particularly if you are an early-career researcher. After all choosing the right journal will help increase your chances of acceptance.…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- September 4, 2015
In the wake of an impending economic crisis, the Brazilian government is walking down the path of austerity with respect to federal budget and expenditure. This decision has had a direct impact on…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 23, 2015
Metrics are important in research evaluation, but excessive focus on unreliable and rigid quantitative measures has diluted the nature and significance of research assessment. In The Metric Tide, a…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 23, 2015
The Dynasty Foundation, which provides $10 million of research funding to Russian scientists annually has decided to shut down after the Russian government labeled it as a “foreign agent” because the…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 10, 2015
Science is becoming open and how! Gone are the days when researchers and institutions believed in keeping scientific data behind strict and complex institutional paywalls, at the risk of losing…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- June 29, 2015
Check out this infographic to know more STM publishing: how many research articles are published each year, by how many researchers, in how many peer-reviewed journals, how much revenue the STM…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- June 15, 2015
By getting your journal indexed in a well-known database, you can increase its visibility, accessibility, and readership. This post provides an overview of indexing and shares some common journal…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- May 20, 2015
In order to make sure that your manuscript is not rejected outright, you need to create a great submission package that includes everything journal editors and reviewers need to see. We've prepared a…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- May 11, 2015