Opinion

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

‘Elite university’ strategies might boost profile and rankings — but at what cost?

In this week's Nature, a new editorial comment article argues that some country's strategies of boosting the profiles and rankings of a...

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Revoke PhDs for misconduct

However nerve-wracking it may be, most PhD students pass their final viva exam, in which examiners dissect and challenge their work. Once...

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

COVID vaccinations could use a nudge

While researchers around the world are developing vaccines for COVID-19, in the coming months governments will face another major...

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

It’s Time to Get Serious About Research Fraud

I wrote an opinion article for Undark Magazine arguing that different countries need to get more serious about dealing with research...

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

Don’t let researchers recommend who reviews their work

Why do some other funders and scholarly publishers still allow researchers to suggest reviewers to evaluate their work? Some funders and...

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

It’s okay to lose confidence in your previous research

You may not believe what you believed before. It might feel as if you’ve squandered your grant money on research that you no longer stand...

Dalmeet Singh Chawla

It’s Time to Lift the Veil on Peer Review

The job of a peer reviewer is thankless. Collectively, academics spend around 70 million hours every year evaluating each other’s...

Dalmeet Singh Chawla