Fabrício Marques
GOOD PRACTICES
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The specter of collusion
Study finds evidence that editorial board members receive special treatment in the scientific review process
Scientific communication
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Clear, precise guidelines
FAPESP's open-access policy states that scientific articles must be freely available within 12 months of publication
Good practices
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Academic papers for sale
Essay mills could be made illegal in the UK in a bid to combat widespread fraud in remote learning
Higher education
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Turbulence on the horizon for postgraduate education
Uncertainties arise as assessment of Brazilian graduate programs goes to court
Scientometrics
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Gears of knowledge
Report provides new data on the characteristics of Brazilian science
Good practices
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Ways to encourage responsible behavior
Study highlights the impacts of scientific integrity training for students
Academic assessment
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New quality metrics
Universities and funding agencies search for more comprehensive metrics to assess researchers
Research funding
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Learning to edit the genome
Brazil’s Crop Science Institute launches experiments with “gene scissors” to improve sugarcane, coffee, and citrus crops
Science communication
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Broad and equitable research access
CAPES’s Portal de Periódicos has connected Brazilian researchers to state-of-the-art research in their fields, but is now faced with uncertainties
Public health
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An agenda for forgotten diseases
WHO launches road map to 2030 for preventing and eradicating neglected tropical diseases