Fabrício Marques
GOOD PRACTICES
How to avoid predatory journals
Checklist designed to help researchers identify reputable scientific journals
GOOD PRACTICES
The specter of collusion
Study finds evidence that editorial board members receive special treatment in the scientific review process
Scientific communication
Clear, precise guidelines
FAPESP's open-access policy states that scientific articles must be freely available within 12 months of publication
Good practices
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
Turbulence on the horizon for postgraduate education
Uncertainties arise as assessment of Brazilian graduate programs goes to court
Scientometrics
Gears of knowledge
Report provides new data on the characteristics of Brazilian science
Good practices
Ways to encourage responsible behavior
Study highlights the impacts of scientific integrity training for students
Academic assessment
New quality metrics
Universities and funding agencies search for more comprehensive metrics to assess researchers
Research funding
Learning to edit the genome
Brazil’s Crop Science Institute launches experiments with “gene scissors” to improve sugarcane, coffee, and citrus crops
Science communication
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
An agenda for forgotten diseases
WHO launches road map to 2030 for preventing and eradicating neglected tropical diseases