peer review

otherness, power differential, women in STEM, peer review, academia, teaching, kindness, benevolent hierarchy, tenure, neuroscience, neurobiology, rationality,

Where Can You Find the Good Place to Do Good Science?

missing heritability problem, gene variants, rare diseases, genome wide association studies, whole genome sequencing, DNA sequencing, body mass index, human body height, polygenic risk score, preprint paper, peer review, genetic variation, heritability,

Preprint Study Offers Glimpse of Solution to Missing Heritability Problem

K VijayRaghavan, P Balaram, reward for publication, impact factor, scientific research, peer review, prestigious journals, science journals, Current Science, MHRD, Department of Science and Technology, PhD, Indian higher education, postdoc, stipend hike, research misconduct, publish or perish,

Let’s Discuss the ‘Reward for Publication’ Idea Instead of Trashing It so Fast

Open Science Framework, Registered Reports, peer review, replication crisis, scientific research, John Ioannidis, biomedical research, scientific papers, conflict of interest, data sharing, experimental protocols, independent verification, scientific publishing, scientometrics

Biomedical Papers Are More Transparent and Reproducible Today Than Before

science journalism, Nature News, Tom Sheldon, open access, scientific publishing, science journals, scientific journals, peer review, impact factor, post-publication peer review, science communication, IISc superconductivity,

Debate: Preprints Are Double-Edged and Their Risks Outweigh Their Benefits

The 2018 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony underway at the Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Boston. Credit: Improbable Research

Infinite in All Directions: Will an Indian Win the Ig Nobel Prize by 2035?

It is incorrect to call them 'predatory' journals because the term predatory suggests that there is a predator and a victim. Credit: nile/pixabay

‘Predatory’ Is a Misnomer in the Unholy Nexus Between Journals and Plagiarism