PubMed Commons to be Discontinued by NIH
Researchers will no longer be able to comment on articles published on PubMed. The feature of PubMed Commons is about to be discontinued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).…
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Japan Boosts Research Funding to Keep Pace With China & South Korea
After nearly a decade of stagnating funding for scientific research, Japan’s government has committed to a sharp increase in financial support for the sector in 2018. The…
Korean Research Fraud: Kids Listed as Manuscript Co-Authors
Fraudulent research has taken a turn for the worse, this time in South Korea. At least 82 academic papers published by South Korean researchers have been identified as fraudulent.…
U.S. Court Orders Journal Publisher to Identify Peer Reviewers
Peer review is widely recognized essential to ensure the quality of research that is published in academic journals. There are different ways to conduct peer review. Among these,…
Trump Administration Wiping Out Scientific Advisory Boards?
The current American political climate is proving difficult for the people there. One of many significant issues is the effect of Trump's rule on science. Scientific funding and…
Data Fabrication & Reproducibility: How Triangulation Offers Novel Solutions
Reproducibility has been a standard of good scientific research for many decades. The reason for striving to design a study that can be repeated and produce the same results is…
China Overtakes U.S. With The Highest Number of Scientific Publications
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China's progress has been remarkable in the field of science and research. The recent reports released by the U.S. National Science…
Trump’s Anniversary Highlight: Reduced Research Funding?
Since taking office, President Trump has made a number of changes to US federal policies. These changes have impacted the work of scientists within the nation. Trump’s first year…
Elsevier and the Finnish Consortium Collaborate on the Open Access Agreement
Elsevier has been having disputes with several universities across the globe, such as Germany, South Korea and now Finland. Recently, Elsevier and South Korean universities entered…
South Korean Universities and Elsevier Reach a Common Ground
Elsevier has been in news for a long time. Initially it was due to the dispute with the German universities regarding access to journals. Recently the dispute between the South…
European Parliament Announces Plans For EU Research Funding
Research always goes hand-in-hand with funding. Without funding, a country’s science and research cannot progress. The European Union has been providing significant research…
How Research Collaborations Facilitate Publishing & Funding
Research endeavors in the 21st century are made easier by collaborations. As academia becomes increasingly more complex, researchers are pooling their resources towards a common…