predatory journals

Research on coral reefs published by scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has been found to have plagiarised content, some of it wrong and misleading.

Idea Plagiarism and Ethics in Competitive Research

Praveen Chaddha 30/08/2018

Idea plagiarism can result in an undeserving person being...

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

Rashmi Raniwala and Sudhir Raniwala 10/08/2018

In academia, the crime of plagiarism used to be...

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‘Pay, Publish, Profit’ Mode of Academic Research Still Thriving, Investigation Finds

The Wire Staff 20/07/2018

Over 300 'predatory journals' were found to be thriving...

Prakash Javadekar. Credit: PTI

Govt’s Search for Middle Ground in College Teacher Promotions Could Backfire

Pushkar 09/07/2018

Either way, the approximately uniform API for both college...

In a rush to push out 'research' that reaffirms the beliefs of some of its ministers, including related to cow urine, the government has been undercutting good practices. Credit: paulspace/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Blinded By Its Cow-Urine Craze, the Government Isn’t Fostering Good Research Practices

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/07/2018

One 'finding' suggests cancer and MDR-TB patients consuming a...

The UGC office in New Delhi. Credit: PTI

UGC Excises Over 4,000 Titles From Its ‘Master’ List of Preferred Journals

The Wire Staff 03/05/2018

The 'web exclusives' section of the Economic and Political...

Which paper will take me up, which paper won't? Credit: joi/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Scientists in the Lurch After Imprecise MHRD Notice About ‘Paid Journals’

Vasudevan Mukunth 16/10/2017

A "completely confusing statement" in a gazette notification has...