International watchdogs are flagging India as a top producer of ‘low-quality and fraudulent’ research. Last year, India ranked behind only China and the US.
Researchers from IIM Ahmedabad, IMU Kolkata & Berhampur University behind study also emphasised need for development of national open access repository for Indian researchers.
Editors of lesser-known Scopus-indexed journals offer to publish papers for Rs 5,000. And for the right price, ghost writers will write an entire research paper for a ‘client’.
Among those delisted by the research database is MDPI’s International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2nd-largest in world in terms of articles published per year.
The inaugural volume of 'Apocalyptica' journal by University of Heidelberg includes a preface on the 'archaeologies of apocalypse', 6 research articles and a review of books.
Mycopathologia retracted it this month after a Dutch scientist claimed that Gupta’s figures showed unexplained duplications. The ICMR scientist has called the decision unfair.
To show solidarity during the coronavirus crisis, JSTOR has announced free access to over 6,000 books and 150 journals. Great news, right? Except it’s not.
By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
I know Dr. Ashok Pandey. He was a paper King. I think he has over 1500 publications. But according to me he was not an exta ordinary scientist but with high skills in P.R.O jobs. Earlier also he was named for plagmerism. But unfortunately in India no body want listen truth. Falsehood and favourism works.
Do you know what’s the biggest loss from such scams to the country? It’s brain drain or even worse, students interested in research will be forced to give up on taking up a career in research. The bigger issue, which this article is silent about is that, most of such research crime is actually endorsed by the academic institution managements & local political groups.
Elsevier and Springer are publishing companies, not journals
I know Dr. Ashok Pandey. He was a paper King. I think he has over 1500 publications. But according to me he was not an exta ordinary scientist but with high skills in P.R.O jobs. Earlier also he was named for plagmerism. But unfortunately in India no body want listen truth. Falsehood and favourism works.
Do you know what’s the biggest loss from such scams to the country? It’s brain drain or even worse, students interested in research will be forced to give up on taking up a career in research. The bigger issue, which this article is silent about is that, most of such research crime is actually endorsed by the academic institution managements & local political groups.