India ranks third globally as a producer of scientific knowledge. Yet, for many higher education institutions (HEIs) in India, access to high-quality research articles from top international journals remains out of reach. The recently announced ‘One Nation,
In India, for the majority, vaccination is almost synonymous with the vaccination of children. However, among the older population, mortality due to pneumonia is so common that it is often called “The Captain of Death,” and it is proven
Government data shows more than 13 lakh doctors are currently registered with different state medical councils. Assuming an 80 % availability rate, close to 10 lakh doctors are understood to be available for active service; however, there
Academic article retraction mainly results from inadvertent errors or mistakes, non-replicable findings, research misconduct, and redundant or duplicate publications. In 2020. The most common reason for retracting biological and medical research articles was scientific misconduct (62%), followed
In 2006 the Dutch burns foundation invited patients to help set their research agenda. It learnt that the group’s main concern was itching, which wasn’t a research priority at that time. Sanne Steenhuisen, programme secretary of the
Even when publishers, authors, and universities are willing to restrict ties to the industry, evidence indicates that they struggle to identify funding sources because tobacco companies have funded front groups and have diversified into pharmaceutical and health
The FNDR (Foundation for Neglected Disease Research, a not-for-profit organization biotech R & D organization, brought together domain experts to discuss developments. Dr Shridhar Narayanan, CEO FNDR, explained that they were trying to design a drug that
Micro-credentials are an innovative and disruptive technology and competency-based learning model. Generally short and distinct from conventional degrees, they are also called nano degrees as they deliver focused, bite-sized pieced of knowledge with limited modules focused on
Authorship for sale, in which authors, during the review process, sell coauthorship to people who have not contributed to the research, is an unethical practice. After acceptance of a paper, requests for changes in authorship can only
We no longer need to reinvent the wheel of content creation in most subjects-effective curation is the new key for the 21st-century educator. The 5 C digital curation process proposed by Deschaine and Sharma (2015) – collect,
