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Cancer progression and harmful bacteria tracked with next-generation sequencing
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • 6 days ago
  • 1 min

Cancer progression and harmful bacteria tracked with next-generation sequencing

Next-generation sequencing can be used to continually assess and monitor risks in patients with leukaemia, a new proof-of-principle study...
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‘Tainted kids,’ other odd phrases cropping up in autism studies
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • May 2
  • 1 min

‘Tainted kids,’ other odd phrases cropping up in autism studies

In April, developmental neuropsychologist Dorothy Bishop noticed strange phrases in a 2021 study of autistic children who interacted with...
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800 crystallography-related papers appear to stem from one paper mill
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Apr 27
  • 1 min

800 crystallography-related papers appear to stem from one paper mill

At least 800 research studies published in crystallography and exotic-chemistry journals originate from a paper mill, a new study...
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China grapples with lab safety following huge growth in student numbers
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Apr 7
  • 1 min

China grapples with lab safety following huge growth in student numbers

In 2016, an explosion involving hydrogen and oxygen at the University of Hawaii in Manoa shocked the scientific world after it led to a...
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Russian website peddles authorships linked to reputable journals
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Apr 6
  • 1 min

Russian website peddles authorships linked to reputable journals

Since 2019, Anna Abalkina has been monitoring a website that offers an illicit way for scientists to burnish their CVs. The site,...
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How critics say a computer scientist in Spain artificially boosted his Google Scholar metrics
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Mar 25
  • 1 min

How critics say a computer scientist in Spain artificially boosted his Google Scholar metrics

Want a higher h-index? Here’s a way — but be warned, it’s a method that will raise some eyebrows. Take the example of this computer...
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Physics papers authored by women are cited less than those by men
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Mar 11
  • 1 min

Physics papers authored by women are cited less than those by men

Physics research papers authored by women receive fewer citations than expected given the number of women who work in the field and the...
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Plan P: Can institutions facilitate open access?
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Mar 8
  • 1 min

Plan P: Can institutions facilitate open access?

Some universities in the United States and United Kingdom are eyeing a scheme, due to be rolled out in 2022, that could see them pay...
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ResearchGate responsible for illegal content on its site, German court rules
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Feb 17
  • 1 min

ResearchGate responsible for illegal content on its site, German court rules

The popular academic social networking site ResearchGate is appealing a 31 January ruling by a district court in Munich, Germany, which...
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A Conversation with Ashok Kumar Singh
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Feb 2
  • 1 min

A Conversation with Ashok Kumar Singh

Can a microbial cocktail of seven different species of fungi help solve Indian farmers' stubble-burning crisis? I spoke to Ashok Kumar...
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Clarivate Analytics’s new author profiles tool to include peer review activity
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Feb 1
  • 1 min

Clarivate Analytics’s new author profiles tool to include peer review activity

Clarivate Analytics, the UK-based firm that owns the scholarly database Web of Science (WoS), has begun automatically generating author...
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Tobacco publishing ban extended to researchers at industry-owned firms
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Jan 28
  • 1 min

Tobacco publishing ban extended to researchers at industry-owned firms

A group of international respiratory societies has banned researchers associated with tobacco companies from publishing papers in their...
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Massive open index of scholarly papers launches
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Jan 24
  • 1 min

Massive open index of scholarly papers launches

An ambitious free index of more than 200 million scientific documents that catalogues publication sources, author information and...
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Royal Society report says there’s no silver bullet to fix ‘scientific misinformation’
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Jan 24
  • 1 min

Royal Society report says there’s no silver bullet to fix ‘scientific misinformation’

There’s no quick and easy way to fix the problem of ’scientific misinformation’, argues a new report released by the Royal Society. As...
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Why was a study about autism cited by a paper on plant beauty?
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Jan 21
  • 1 min

Why was a study about autism cited by a paper on plant beauty?

One paper is about the aesthetic beauty of plant landscapes. Another reviews the use of anesthetic drugs in cancer patients. A third aims...
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China sanctions hundreds of researchers following fraud investigation
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Dec 22, 2021
  • 1 min

China sanctions hundreds of researchers following fraud investigation

China’s ministry of science and technology (MOST) has sanctioned hundreds of researchers after an investigation concluded that they had...
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Researchers sound alarm on ‘predatory’ rankings
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Dec 7, 2021
  • 1 min

Researchers sound alarm on ‘predatory’ rankings

Hey, researchers and universities, want to be included in a new ranking scheme? No problem, just pony up some cash. The full article was...
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Researchers spent an estimated 130 million hours peer-reviewing papers in 2020
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Dec 2, 2021
  • 1 min

Researchers spent an estimated 130 million hours peer-reviewing papers in 2020

In 2020, researchers globally spent an estimated 130 million hours – equivalent to 15,000 years – peer-reviewing manuscripts for...
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The future of librarianship
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Nov 30, 2021
  • 1 min

The future of librarianship

Libraries need to become more user-friendly and to meet the demand of their patrons for digital services, according to a new survey...
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Record number of first-time observers get Hubble telescope time
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
  • Nov 25, 2021
  • 1 min

Record number of first-time observers get Hubble telescope time

An unprecedented number of first-time investigators have secured viewing time on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in the years since the...
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