Tag Archives: Current Science

An odd paper about India’s gold OA fees

Posted on January 2, 2024 by VM

A paper about open-access fees in India published recently in the journal Current Science has repeatedly surfaced in my networks over some problems with it. The paper is entitled ‘Publications in gold open access and article processing charge expenditure: evidence … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Science | Tagged Achal Agrawal, APC discount, APC waiver, article processing charge, Current Science, Elsevier, gold OA, Hindawi, MDPI, Moumita Koley, Open Access, Plan S, Springer-Nature | Comments Off

On Somanath withdrawing his autobiography

Posted on November 4, 2023 by VM

Excerpt from The Hindu, November 4, 2023: S. Somanath, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), told The Hindu that he’s withdrawing the publication of his memoir, Nilavu Kudicha Simhangal, penned in Malayalam. The decision followed a report in the Malayala … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm | Tagged Current Science, Indian Space Research Organisation, K Sivan, S Somanath, science communication, science writing | Comments Off

R&D in China and India

Posted on June 17, 2014 by VM

“A great deal of the debate over globalization of knowledge economies has focused on China and India. One reason has been their rapid, sustained economic growth. The Chinese economy has averaged a growth rate of 9-10 percent for nearly two … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged China, Current Science, decentralization, GDP, India, peer review, plagiarism, private sector investment, publish or perish, R&D, scientific misconduct, scientific publishing, scientific research | Leave a comment

‘Free Indian science’: Responses, rebuttals and retrenchments

Posted on May 12, 2014 by VM

In the April 3 issue of Nature, Joseph Mathai and Andrew Robinson published a Comment on the afflictions of scientific research in India – and found the interference of bureaucracy to be chief among all ills. Most of the writers’ concerns were very … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Current Science, funding, JNCASR, patenting intensity, research agenda, Science in India, scientific R&D | Leave a comment

A case of Kuhn, quasicrystals & communication – Part IV

Posted on October 23, 2012 by VM

Dan Shechtman won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2011. This led to an explosion of interest on the subject of QCs and Shechtman’s travails in getting the theory validated. Numerous publications, from Reuters to The Hindu, published articles and reports. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Current Science, Dan Shechtman, Nobel Prize for Chemistry, quasicrystals, science journalism, Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn | Leave a comment