Dalmeet Singh Chawla Mar 81 min‘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 Jan 28, 20211 minRevoke PhDs for misconductHowever 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 Sep 4, 20201 minCOVID vaccinations could use a nudgeWhile researchers around the world are developing vaccines for COVID-19, in the coming months governments will face another major...
Dalmeet Singh Chawla Jul 23, 20201 minIt’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 Nov 22, 20191 minDon’t let researchers recommend who reviews their workWhy do some other funders and scholarly publishers still allow researchers to suggest reviewers to evaluate their work? Some funders and...
Dalmeet Singh Chawla Nov 12, 20191 minIt’s okay to lose confidence in your previous researchYou 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 Jun 20, 20191 minIt’s Time to Lift the Veil on Peer ReviewThe job of a peer reviewer is thankless. Collectively, academics spend around 70 million hours every year evaluating each other’s...