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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 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 author offers insights on research income and publications and its threat on the careers of scholars in Great Britain. The author discusses the problem of scholars on research and publication when applying for an academic job, way to evaluate quality rather than quantity in research papers, and the problem with high-impact journals.

The article focuses on an investigation into allegations of data duplication in six papers for which Ralf Paus is corresponding or senior author being conducted by the University of Lübeck in Germany. Paus expresses confidence that the investigation will show scientific proof for the similarities between figures. It recalls that a separate investigation by the Research Centre Borstel in 2010 concluded that research misconduct has occurred in the laboratory of Paus' wife, Silvia Bulfone-Paus, resulting to a retraction of 12 of her papers.

Relates the author's experience in delivering her first paper for the Graduate Student Caucus at the Modern Language Association conference in the humanities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Overview of the conference paper; Impact of the conference paper on her professional life; Career background of the author.

The article focuses on the Journalist's Resource, a project rolled out at the Harvard University that aims to reduce the animosity between scientists and journalists and help minimize the chances of errors and misunderstandings making their way into press reports of research. The Journalist's Resource is a database of scholarly reports and papers with short, searchable summaries in clear language. Available for free, the service aims to specifically meet the needs of journalists.

Opinion. Discusses the results of the British government's zero-based review of scientific strength and weaknesses. Citing of the 1993 White Paper; Principles on the separation of science and politics; Failure by the Advisory Board for Research Councils to shift resources between research councils.

The article reports on the importance for doctoral students to conduct research and vice versa, based on a study by research associate Vincent Larivière of the University of Quebec in Montreal. Findings showed the contribution of students to the total research output of Quebec as well as the likelihood of students who become authors of published research to complete their degrees. Higher education experts argue that the results highlight problems with doctoral programs.

Offers views on the study of pornography in Great Britain. Presence of literature in the country debating the legality of pornography; Controversies surrounding the inclusion of pornography in an undergraduate curriculum; Need to accept that pornography is already part of the British culture.

The article offers information on a research paper titled "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary" published in "The Astronomical Journal." Containing 5,230 words, including the text of its 39 footnotes, and has 45 references, the paper listed 144 authors. According to John Hudson, professor of economics at the University of Bath, papers with large group of writers could lead to a growth in impenetrable prose and confused arguments. An ethicist cites curriculum vitae-boosting as the factor that encourages large lists of contributors.

This section presents a list of research papers from India published in various journals between January 1,1999 and August 31, 2009 including "Overview No. 144: Mechanical Behaviour of Amorphous Alloys," by Christopher A. Schuh, Todd C. Hufnagel and Upadrasta Ramamurt, "Crystal Engineering: A Holistic View," by Gautam R. Desiraju, and "Pi-organogels of Self-assembled P-phenylenevinylenes: Soft Materials With Distinct Size, Shape, and Functions," by Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh and Vakayil K. Praveen.

A list of highly cited papers in classical studies since 2000 is presented.

A list of most cited papers of the 2008 Nobel Laureates in various field of research is presented including "Increasing Returns and Economic Geography," by Paul Krugman, "A Papillomavirus DNA From a Cervical Carcinoma and Its Prevalence in Cancer Biopsy Samples From Different Geographical Regions," by Harald zur Hausen and "CP Violation in Renormalizable Theory of Weak Interaction," by Makoto Kobayashi and Toshishide Maskawa.

Reports on the growth in the number of scientific papers published by European and Japanese commercial firms during the period 1980 to 1989. Study conducted by the Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University; Firms' purpose of gaining scientific credibility.

The article raises the argument from the Royal Society that high quality and publicly accessible datasets should be given as much credit as standard publications in the research excellence framework (REF). In its report "Science as an Open Enterprise: Open Data for Open Science," the Royal Society recognizes the skill and creativity required to acquire data and it argues for motivation for data release. Professor Geoffrey Boulton cites the reason behind the risk of datasets losing out to REFs.

The article deals with the results of a review conducted by the School of Cancer Sciences at the University of Birmingham in England regarding a conference study conducted by the University of Sheffield's Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism research radiologist Gurong Jiang. The review team which was led by the school's head Paul Moss ruled that the move of the university to ask the researcher to pull her conference submission is reasonable. It mentions that Jiang accused the university of preventing the release of her findings.

Reports on the dismissal of Rhetta Moran as senior research fellow at Salford University in Lancashire, England. Decision of the university to close the Revans Centre for Action Learning Research; Supervisory support offered to students at Salford University.

The article discusses views of five scientists on paper "How to boost scientific production? A statistical analysis of research funding and other influencing factors" published in the journal Scientometrics by academics from Concordia University, reporting that citations published by Canadian scientists and engineers decline over time. It presents views of scientists including Wolfgang Stroebe on motivation, Dame Athene Donald on no decline in mental power and Peter Lawrence on his experience.

The article discusses the priorities of researchers who post, share and recommend papers on academic social networks in terms of profit, user data and open access publishing. Topics include the value of academic social networks as a way of getting publications online and making them publicly available, the impact of this process on speeding up the pace of discovery and facilitating a revolution in peer review, and the influence of networks' discovery algorithm on academic life.

The article examines the reasons for irreproducibility of scientific experiment results and discusses efforts to address this issue. The issue is said to have started gaining widespread attention following the release of a 2011 paper in "Nature" magazine by researchers from pharmaceutical company Bayer HealthCare. The factors contributing to irreproducibility include the overvaluation of publications in high-impact journals, the length restrictions in print journals and the use of statistics. INSETS: LAB LABOURS: SURVEY REVEALS STRUGGLE TO REPRODUCE RIVALS' RESULTS;REGISTERED REPORTS: PREVENTING P-HACKING AND PUBLICATION BIAS;THE REPRODUCIBILITY INITIATIVE: CARRYING OUT REPLICATION STUDIES.

The article discusses the scandal involving a research that proved to be very erroneous. It cites the paper issued by Duke University researchers in 2006 concerning a chemotherapeutic treatment with less painful side-effects. However, an investigation by biostatisticians Keith Baggerly and Kevin Coombes of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that there are key issues on the statistics and validity of research data. The lessons learned from the scandal are also cited, including those concerning the journals and the universities.

The article examines the progress of a vision of parity between pedagogy and research, citing how admired teaching is not enough to prevent job cuts at the University of Surrey, England. Topics discussed include the 2011 White Paper entitled "Students at the Heart of the System" released by the coalition government, the apparent failure of the paper's vision as seen in the events at the university, and what the Surrey politics department represents.

The article discusses the increase in the rate at which scientific journal papers in Great Britain are being retracted. The possible factors in the change include growth in research fraud as a result of pressure on researchers to publish and improved detection. It relates the retraction of a paper on the creation of sperm from human embryonic stem cells. It presents remarks of Research Integrity Officer acting head James Parry and former Committee on Publication Ethics Chair Harvey Marcovitch on the issue.

Reports that the European Commission is planning to transform the European Union's Framework research program as a tool to bring the idea of a single European research area nearer reality. Release of proposals for the European Union's Framework 6 program in a commission discussion paper; Subjects recommended to be treated as priorities under the discussion paper released by the European Commission. INSET: FINDINGS, by Steve Farrar..

A chart is presented that lists the results of Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment on submitted research papers indicating the high percentage for medical and life sciences research as internationally excellent and world-leading followed by arts and humanities papers and social sciences.

The author explores the different approaches being used by academics and researchers to imparting their scientific findings from journal articles. Topics covered include data visualization or the use of graphics in presenting data in academic papers, the process of explaining research using the 1,000 most commonly used words in the English language and the provision of tweets to the medical journal that summarize a study.

The article discusses a report stating the lack of evidence in the claim that blueskies work produce more highly cited papers than that with targeted funding. The research conducted by Evidence Ltd, and commissioned by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), shows that blue-skies work has 1.62 citations per paper, while directed funding work scored 1.65. EPSRC-funded papers were cited more than those funded by other British research groups.

The article reports that multinational publishing firm Elsevier is planning to setup an alternative open-access institutional research archives. This initiative would take repositories out of the control of universities which are archived research papers in portable document folder (PDF) files. The academic community in Great Britain raised its concerns over the effort of Elsevier and stressed that the control of the papers should remain with the hands of the researchers. Elsevier announced that the initiative aimed to improve research methods.

The article provides information on the role of media and journalists to the research papers of scientists. It states that media coverage to scientists' research papers can dramatically increase academics' citation counts. In a survey in 2006, the Royal Society indicates that more than half of Great Britain's scientists like to spend more time promoting their work to a larger audience. Information regarding the media programs provided by some institutions are also discussed.

Reports on the observation of Hau Hing Chau, a lecturer and a teaching fellow in product design at Leeds University in England, on the pressure on junior academics to have their research published in Great Britain. Interest of senior academics in the quantity of published journal papers and research grant applications; Influence of research assessment exercise on the pressure to publish; Assertion on the significance of the quality of papers rather than quantity.

Provides information about the research paper "A Longitudinal Analysis of Television Viewing Habits 2004-05," by Professor Gordon Lapping. Abstract of the research paper; Details on how the results were disseminated.

Reports on the ranking of Great Britain as the second most productive country in terms of publishing scientific papers. Production level of scientific papers; Outcome of the global analysis of research papers.

Ministers in Great Britain are reconsidering white-paper plans to create "teaching-only universities," after the proposals were rejected by existing universities on the grounds that they threaten the link between teaching and research. Higher education minister Alan Johnson confirmed this week that he would carefully consider responses froth a consultation on teaching-only institutions before making a final decision on how to proceed. At present, the "university" title is used only by institutions with the power to award both taught degrees and higher research degrees. But in its January 2003 white paper, the Department for Education and Skills in Great Britain, said it was not necessary to be active in cutting-edge research to be an excellent teacher.

Discusses "Top of the Class: Benchmarking Scottish Higher Education," a report released by the Universities Scotland about the quality of research programs of Scottish universities. Costs of Scottish research papers; Number of times academic papers by Scottish researchers are cited by other researchers; Comparison with research programs from other countries.

Comments on the July 28, 2000 issue of the British science white paper `Excellence and Opportunity.' Issue on how to improve and to turn good research into economic activity; Problem of low pay among academics; White paper's measures designed to help commercialize university and public-sector science; Government-related problems concerning science.

The article presents update on the development of a alternative, or alt, metrics to allow scientists to share and discuss scholarly research papers. Mendeley co-founder and Chief Executive Victor Henning cites the advantage of Mendeley real-time statistics, which are drawn on by alt-metrics providers, as they are related to readership and publication destinations. Henning also warns about potential misuse of statistical data in the same way as impact factors.

The article reports that Cardiff University in Wales will investigate allegations of research misconduct relating to papers produced in the laboratory of dean of medicine Paul Morgan.

The article predicts that universities will discourage or bar researchers from publishing minor papers to maintain funds for publication in top journals as a requirement of the transition to full open access, according to the Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Fundings' report. The report calls for universities to consider the cost of articles fees and subscriptions and the principles of academic freedom. Professor Stevan Harnad disapproves the high cost of open access.

The article discusses the growing number of submission retractions in scientific journals. According to Thomas Reuters, between 2001 to 2010, the rate of retractions jumped 15-fold, with 22 such in 2001, and 339 in 2010, suggesting that these numbers will increase. It states that while the exact reasons are not known, it could be due to fears of greater scrutiny which could shed light on poorly researched papers, or on malfeasance in academic or research practices.

This article focuses on a report from Thomson Reuters which claims that the share of U.S.-authored papers in top scientific journals has dropped significantly in 2009.

The article claims that the total research output of Africa is equal in volume only to that of the Netherlands, according to the "Global Research Report on Africa," released by Thomson Reuters subsidiary Evidence. Figures show that the total research output of the 44 African countries is about 27,000 papers a year. The report identified South Africa as the outstanding research leader, followed by Egypt and Nigeria. Countries with collaborative links due to their historical, cultural and linguistic ties were also identified in the report.

The article reports that India is expected to surpass by 2020 the research output of the world's leading industrial nations. It notes that India is still behind other comparator countries in research investment and productivity but could soon change with the government's decision to significantly increase spending on education and scientific research. It reveals that India has produced 30,000 scientific papers in 2007 and it is expected that its research productivity will be at par with other industrialized nations within seven to eight years.

The article considers a warning from a study titled "The New Geography of Science" that the U.S. and Europe could face intellectual marginalisation if they fail to seize opportunities offered by the research power of Latin American countries. Scheduled for release in July 2009, the study warned that established research power is still ignorant of the increasing strength of the Latin American power. According to Thomson Reuters' Web of Knowledge, the region's share of the world's scientific papers increased to 4.8 per cent in 2008.

Presents summaries of papers from the British Educational Research Association for teachers and academics. Range of topics discussed in the research; Information on authors; Conclusions and findings.

Deals with the `New Knowledge, New Opportunities,' a green paper released by the Liberal government of John Howard on Australian research. Issues covered in the paper; Differential policies; Criticism against the paper.

Focuses on the guidelines of the British government's White Paper `Realising Our Potential' regarding postgraduate research. Emphasis on the role of research and its results; Measures that seek to clarify the science and technology needs of the country; White Paper's advocacy for a one-year research experience degree; Government's solicitation of comments on the best approach to postgraduate research.

Reports on the lack of scientist Members of Parliament as a `social failure' according to parliament secretary David Davies. Support for White Paper on science; Arguments on White Paper's compromising of science and basic research in favor of short-term, industrially-oriented objectives; Creation by government of MSc interface between first degrees and PhDs; Purpose of White Paper.

The article focuses on the concept of clever sillies, which was first proposed by Bruce Charlton, reader in evolutionary psychiatry at Newcastle University in England in 2009. It discusses the two kinds of clever sillies described by two psychologists, referencing a paper published earlier in 2015 in the journal "Intelligence," "Who are the 'Clever Sillies?," by Edward Dutton from the Oulu University in Finland and Dimitri van der Linden from Erasmus University of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

The article presents the opinion of Carole Goble, professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester in England, on the lack of transparency of scholars' research methods for their academic papers, as told during her address at the Jisc Digital Festival 2015 held in Birmingham, England. Issues tackled by Goble include the knowledge-turning mechanism of researchers, the problem of academic rivalry, and the approach of researchers to software.

The article discusses the importance of departmental reviews in ensuring the quality of research and teaching in the British higher education sector as of February 2015. Topics covered include the 2014 research excellence framework (REF), information on the discussion paper "The Future of Quality Assessment in Higher Education" of the Quality of Assessment Review Steering Group, and the involvement of universities in knowledge transfer, civic engagement and other third-stream activities.