Fabrício Marques

Good practices

The calculating cat

Biologist reveals flaws in academic metrics by attributing fake studies and manipulated citations to his family pet

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Indicators

Clear signs of recovery in laboratories

FAPESP Annual Report shows that São Paulo’s scientific community regained momentum in 2023

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Interview

Emmanuel Tourinho: The rainforest won’t survive without traditional populations

According to the dean of UFPA, social degradation in the Amazon also threatens to destroy the biome

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GOOD PRACTICES

Tricks to increase prestige

Seventeen journals temporarily stripped of impact factor due to suspicions that citation figures were being manipulated

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PUBLIC POLICIES

Methodology maps inequality in education networks

Methodology maps inequality in education networks

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INDICATORS

Research finding its way into society

A new survey reveals the extent to which research in São Paulo has shaped public policies around the world

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COOPERATION

Life below the forest canopy

The Amazon+10 Initiative unites researchers from 25 Brazilian states and abroad to raise awareness of the region's social and biological diversity

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GOOD PRACTICES

Detours in the labyrinth of Alzheimer’s disease

Author of Nature article cited more than 2,500 times acknowledges image manipulation and requests retraction

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Cover

The challenge of understanding what animals feel

Strategies created to measure pain and try to decipher animals’ emotions

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Good practices

Training that borders on misconduct

Scientific writing companies offer young doctors competing for grants and jobs in the USA the chance to be named as authors of articles produced in workshops

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Interest in graduate programs falls in Brazil

Universities and the government evaluate changes to master's degrees and doctorates

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GOOD PRACTICES

The echo of ancient words

Researchers and journals discuss limits on when authors can reuse excerpts from their previous work in new articles

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Good practices

Hell is other people

Researchers tend to overestimate their academic honesty, suggests study of more than 11,000 Swedish scientists and doctoral students

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Indicators

Brazilian research serves as a reference for public policies in several countries, study shows

Survey highlights the influence of articles by scientists from the state of São Paulo

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Planning

Preparatory events gather suggestions for the National Conference on Science, Technology, and Innovation

Dozens of meetings held across Brazil bring together the scientific community and other sectors of society

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Good practices

Signs of forced consent

Suspicion that ethnic groups were coerced into providing data and biological samples calls 96 forensic genetics articles into question

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Equality

Breaking down structural barriers

Research network covering 16 countries maps gender inequality in the scientific environment and shares strategies to tackle the issue

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Shining a light on the dark history of racism

Two-hundred-year-old scientific journal acknowledges its own connections with slavery and complicity in prejudice

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Open access

Radical change in science communication

International consortium proposes new model for publishing articles and research results

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Cooperation

Collaborations and scientific expeditions in the rainforest

Amazonia+10 Initiative brings together researchers from 25 Brazilian states and abroad to improve understanding of the region's social and biological diversity

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Interview

Jacques Marcovitch: USP has accomplished much and can do more

Former USP dean Jacques Marcovitch looks back on contributions made by Brazil’s leading university as it turns 90, and explores his own research interests, including academic metrics, bioeconomy, and entrepreneurial innovation

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Good practices

High sensitivity

Social psychologists say that controversial research topics may be targeted by covert censorship, calling for more transparency in science

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Biodiversity

Incomplete jigsaw puzzles

IBGE analysis indicates that records of the occurrence of species of fauna and flora are unevenly distributed in the Brazilian territory

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SCIENTIFIC DIFFUSION

Communication barrier

Study outlines disadvantages faced by authors of scientific articles who do not speak English as a native language and ways to overcome them

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INDICATORS

Expanding opportunities

The FAPESP Annual Report shows that the foundation increased its research funding in 2022 and sought to recover from losses caused by the pandemic

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A recipe to follow

Consortium proposes checklists to ensure that microscopy images in articles can be understood and confirmed

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Interview

Sergio Rezende: A compass to find the way

The physicist and former minister explains what he expects from the debates at the 5th National Science, Technology, and Innovation Conference, which takes place in June 2024

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Epidemiology

Neglected diseases in the crosshairs

Interministerial committee seeks to reduce the burden of diseases associated with poverty, with the aim of defeating them by 2030

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Good practices

Risky behavior

Researchers suggest parameters for judging cases of scientific misconduct involving recklessness

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Communication

The language barrier in scientific communication

Study exposes disadvantages faced by researchers whose first language is not English

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