All Academia articles – Page 65
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Open access journal to pay peer reviewers
A portion of the article processing charge will be put aside to create a fund to reward referees
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NewsPost publication peer review comes of age
Websites like PubPeer are letting scientists have frank conversations about research but have led to accusations of bullying and personal attacks
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Government rejects home secretary’s student visa proposal
International students will not have to return home straight after graduating
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NewsEPSRC head pledges greater dialogue with researchers
UK physical sciences chief Philip Nelson talks exclusively to Chemistry World about his plans, doctoral training and discontent in the community
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New research productivity metric unveiled
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center team proposes a new bibliometric method to gauge research output of academics
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Home secretary’s student visa plan draws ire of science community
Foreign students would be expelled from UK as soon as they complete their degrees
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OpinionA bad business
Targets and assessments can boost productivity at universities – but only if they do not stifle creativity and alienate the academic workforce, says Mark Peplow
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OpinionReflections on the REF
Richard Catlow and Graham Hutchings evaluate the state of chemistry research and find it enjoying rude health
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NewsCan research quality be predicted by metrics?
Prognostications unveiled for how UK universities will fare in latest assessment exercise
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Tufts’ $2.6bn drug development figure questioned
Details sought about how university determined cost of bringing a drug to market jumped 145% since 2003
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NewsCash for science in autumn statement given cautious welcome
UK chancellor plans to create a ‘nothern powerhouse’ for research while the community awaits further details
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NewsEleventh hour reprieve for world-class Canadian NMR facility
Last minute deal staves off closure but details have yet to be hammered out
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NewsObama acts to attract non-US scientists and engineers
President takes action to make it easier for scientists and engineers born abroad to work and stay in the US
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Gates Foundation champions open access
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will require research it funds to be published open access from next year
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NewsFeud opens up over value of some US research
Top science committee Republican in fight with university association over NSF grant review process
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NewsUC Davis chemist sentenced to four years over explosion
Postdoc sentenced over attempt to make explosive device and reckless disposal of hazardous waste
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NewsGrad student blamed for research misconduct at Utah
Two papers have been retracted due to image falsification at the University of Utah
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Financial hurdles prevent women returning to STEM
Survey suggests women in science and engineering careers find it hard to return to work following a break