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The article focuses on the difficulties in publishing interdisciplinary science papers. It includes the views of principal investigator at the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona Enrique Martin-Blanco. It also discusses the use of hydrodynamic equations in the science papers, evaluation and analysis of interdisciplinary science papers, and communication between biologists and physicists.

The author proposes the reduction of words used in research papers, reports and assignments as a cost-saving measure. He mentions that the University of Shangri-La's monitoring of the monitoring of internal moderation involves international moderation of students' coursework and the performance of the monitoring process. He encourages universities to also reduce words used in regulations and specifications for their students. He suggests that students should not use fancy-sounding unnecessary terms just to reach word limits.

The article focuses on an analysis of titles of journal papers submitted to Great Britain research excellence framework, according to which lengthy titles of journal papers may have a lower impact and inversely use of brief title of journal papers could have a significant positive impact.

The article reports an online access publishing platform called Winnower. The platform was created by Josh Nicholson from Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University who was frustrated with the publishing research process which motivated him to create the Winnower. The platform publishes research papers from the social media site reddit and each document has a digital object identifier that can be used to identify electronic documents.

The article refutes the argument that doctor of philosophy (PhD) by publication is second rate and inferior to traditional PhD. It highlights the role of PhD by publication as an alternative path to the traditional PhD by thesis. It cites the majority of the objections to the PhD by publication which concerns technical problems. It mentions the demand posed by producing six or seven papers worthy of publication which is seen as the main argument for this route.

The article reports that the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) has asked for the banning of essay mills from search engines and advertising, and presents the views of Ian Kimber, director of quality development at QAA, on the threat to the reputation of higher education in Great Britain.

The article examines how academics are spending less time thinking, reading and writing because they are spending more time filling out forms and documents. Topics covered include how the bureaucracy is interconnected with the transformation of academic institutions into commercial enterprises and how the new university management imposes audit, evaluation, assessment and accreditation for increased value for money.

The article reports on the resurgence of scientific research in the Middle East as of 2011. The resurgence is being led by Iran and Turkey. The research papers produced by the region has doubled in the previous decade. Engineering, agricultural science and clinical medicine are the fields in which the region has the biggest share of global research papers. Education consultant Mick Randall noted the low quality of research in the Gulf region.

The article offers information on the research "Your Paper has been Accepted, Rejected, or Whatever: Automatic Generation of Scientific Paper Reviews", by Eric Medvet and colleagues, published in the journal "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" which reveals robot-written review of papers.

The article explores the influence of academic journals on the career of scientists and academics in Great Britain and their threat to science advancement. It says that the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) rule which would make citations available for use by panels worsens the pressure faced by academics to publish their research in known journals to advance their careers. Nobel prize winner John Sulston notes that journal metrics over-interpret findings. "The Lancet" editor Richard Horton added that impact factor distort findings.

The article focuses on the exhibition "Taking Liberties: The Struggle for Britain's Freedom and Rights" organized by historian Linda Colley, to be viewed at the British Library in London, England from October 31, 2008 to March 1, 2009. It notes that some of Colley's work, such as the book "Captives: Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850, has given the exhibition considerable topical appeal. One of the topics of the exhibition is votes for women.

The article presents a study led by Cody Weinberger of University of Chicago as of May 2015, which showed that short and clear abstracts result to a lower than anticipated citation count for written scientific papers.

The article discusses the white paper entitled "Educational Excellence Everywhere" published by the government of Great Britain. It states that the government wants universities to establish centers of excellence in initial teacher training (ITT). It mentions that the white paper shows that the government reaffirm commitment to moving towards a school-led ITT system.

The article reports on a seminar hosted by the Early Careers Network of University College London's Population and long Health Domain on April 22, 2015 in Great Britain. At the Rosie Bartlett and Kate Hoyland, former BBC journalists explained that researchers should think like journalists in order to get their work noticed by the press. The seminar discussed how researchers can make sure that their findings catch journalists' attention and, thereby, a wider audience.

The article discusses study conducted by Lisa Lines from University of New South Wales according to which cheating by students who use essay mills is undetectable and ghostwritten papers would receive good marks if submitted. Topics include warning signs contained in essays that could be detected by academics, need of radical steps to combat use of essay mills and views of Phil Newton from Swansea University Medical School, on need of diversification of assessment methods by higher educations.

The article focuses on a Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE) working paper expressing concern over the problem of graduate "over-education," which also included its authors, Francis Green and Golo Henseke of UCL Institute of Education, rejecting the view of monitoring the average rate of return to higher education.

The article reports on the statement of British home secretary Theresa May that the approval of the plans for a higher education White Paper is a move against the plan of the funding council of England to fundamentally modify the quality assurance.

The article discusses the "Trends and comparison of female first authorship in high impact medical journals: observational study (1994-2014)", published in the "British Medical Journal" which reveals that more women are gaining first authorship on scientific papers published by medical journals.