Academic publishing system often allows scientific errors to persist because it prioritises profit and prestige over timely correction.
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Scientists write papers to share their results – and gain prestige and advance their careers. In this competitive field, selection can favor AI-written papers, citation cartels, paper mills and more.
Peer review is an important step after a researcher has carried out a scientific study but before it gets published by a journal and shared with the world.
Journal indexation cannot be the only appraisal of research performance. The evaluation system must prioritise impact-focused indicators.
What is paper mill and how does it work?
Don’t be fooled by the image of a mad scientist isolated in his basement laboratory. Science is a collaborative endeavor, and international teams have contributed to a huge rise in scientific output.
Today we removed an article titled “Should we ditch big exam halls? Our research shows how high ceilings are associated with a lower score”, because the original research has been retracted.
Science rankings rely on papers in academic journals. Broadening the view to include many more open-access journals will upend the usual order – thanks to China’s vast number of publications.
Media companies should set up guidelines for how they are using AI.
With its iconic designs and its showcasing of women writers, the Yellow Book gave its name to the decade.
Peer review is an essential part of academic publishing, but it can be exploitative, opaque and slow. There’s plenty journals, publishers and universities can do to make the system work better.
Peer review of research sounds like it should be a conversation between equals. Instead, it can be patronizing, demanding and simply unkind. A group of journal editors thinks this should change.
Rwandan authors have long been sidelined in debates about Rwanda and other conflict-affected societies.
Three-quarters of the academic journals that folded served the arts, social sciences and humanities. The losses weaken the academic communities and activities that formed around these journals.
Reading a scientific paper isn’t such a daunting task when you break it down into manageable steps.
Dear Diary, keeping a daily journal of these pandemic times can help us process them and follow in some great literary footsteps.
The desire of scholars and universities in Africa to fit into a model imposed from elsewhere may hinder development in Africa.
There has been a rapid redirection of resources towards COVID-19-related research. In the long term, this resource reallocation is likely to result in budget cuts in all research areas.
Scientific results are being rushed out quicker than ever to fight coronavirus. Here’s what you need to know about preprints, peer review and the difference between the two.
Sure, there were no Zoom calls or ventilators. But thanks to a prolific diarist, we can see some striking similarities, from daily death counts to quack remedies.
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University Librarian and Vice Provost for Digital Scholarship, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Human Geography and Planning, University of Tasmania
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Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand
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