How to Effectively Search and Read Patents – Tips to Researchers
Patents have two purposes: awarding rights to the inventor and preventing others from claiming ownership. In research, patents encourage innovation by ensuring that work focuses on new ideas. Patent searching can help researchers to avoid…
Bioética: abordando cuestiones sociales y éticas en la medicina y la ciencia
Bioética y principios bioéticos
Formulación y defensa de políticas
Cuestiones éticas
Recursos de información bioética
All About Research Design and Preliminary Data Collection Methods
Undertaking a research project is a huge responsibility. It requires the researcher not only to identify a research problem but also design a study to arrive at a significant solution to the research problem. There are numerous methods one…
Dealing With Fake Co-Authors: A New Publishing Problem
Recently I walked past my colleague’s office and noticed he was laughing. I asked him what was so funny.“I am reading about an authorship story of ‘Stronzo Bestiale’,” he chuckled. “Apparently, a US physicist (William Hoover) was struggling…
How to Avoid Fraudulent Image Manipulation
What is image manipulation?
Best practices for image processing
Avoiding image manipulation
Tools for detecting image manipulation
10 Common Journal Compliance Errors Made by Authors
Every day several manuscripts are submitted to the journals. However, not all of them get published. Getting a research published is one of the most important achievements of a researcher’s academic career. But every researcher must have…
What Will Happen to Research Funding in the Era of COVID-19?
With the attention of the whole world focused on COVID-19, other issues are taking a back seat. This is certainly true of the scientific community, where many are re-directing their efforts towards research into COVID-19. In some places,…