Tag Archives: publish or perish

What is ONOS’s (real) problem?

Posted on December 12, 2024 by VM

The Indian government set the country’s research community aflutter when it announced the launch of a long-awaited plan to improve research access without announcing many of its salient details as well. On November 25, the Ministry of Education published a … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Op-eds, Science | Tagged article processing charges, Department of Science & Technology, gold open access, green open access, One Nation One Subscription, prestige journals, Principle Scientific Advisor, publish or perish, scholarly publishing, subscription-based journals | Leave a comment

The chrysalis that isn’t there

Posted on February 5, 2020 by VM

I wrote the following post while listening to this track. Perhaps you will enjoy reading it to the same sounds. Otherwise, please consider it a whimsical recommendation. 🙂 I should really start keeping a log of different stories in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Science | Tagged British Medical Journal, chrysalis, experiments, gender discrimination, industry of science, modern science, patriarchy, publish or perish, science and society, scientific enterprise, scientific literature, scientific method, scientific research | Leave a comment

A science for the non-1%

Posted on February 2, 2020 by VM

David Michaels, an epidemiologist and a former US assistant secretary of labour for occupational safety and health under Barack Obama, writes in the Boston Review: [Product defence] operations have on their payrolls—or can bring in on a moment’s notice—toxicologists, epidemiologists, … Continue reading →

Posted in Op-eds, Science | Tagged 1%, higher education, humanities, ivory tower, Jeffrey Epstein, manufacturing doubt, political participation, publish or perish, reason for state, scientific knowledge, scientific research, scientism, social science | Leave a comment

The cycle

Posted on November 6, 2019 by VM

Is it just me or does everyone see a self-fulfilling prophecy here? For a long time, and assisted ably by the ‘publish or perish’ paradigm, researchers sought to have their papers published in high-impact-factor journals – a.k.a. prestige journals – … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | Tagged for-profit publishing, impact factor, Nature journal, peer review, prestige bias, prestige journals, publish or perish, scientific publishing | Comments Off

Performing with and without an audience

Posted on April 30, 2018 by VM

My feeling is that as far as creativity is concerned, isolation is required. … The presence of others can only inhibit this process, since creation is embarrassing. – Isaac Asimov (source) Be it far from me to fall for a … Continue reading →

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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