Cabell’s: “Our predatory journal Blacklist differs from Jeffrey Beall’s”
Five months after Jeffrey Beall, librarian at the University of Colorado, Denver, shut down his widely consulted blog (Scholarly Open
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At last, Jeffrey Beall reveals the reasons for shutting down his blog on predatory journals
Unlike what most people had guessed, it was not a lawsuit from any of the predatory journal publishers that
Read MoreProbability of dying due to heat waves increases in India
The mean temperature across India has risen by 0.5 degree C during the period 1960 and 2009 and this has
Read MoreIISc’s blood cancer drug shows early promise
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru have synthesised a small molecule that shows a degree of promise
Read MoreCCMB develops a novel drug-delivery system for treating keratitis eye infection
Scientists at the Hyderabad-based CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB) have developed a novel drug-delivery system for treating fungal
Read MoreNearly 50% of diabetics identified in 14 Indian States unaware of their condition
A large community-based study involving over 57,000 adults from 14 States and a Union Territory (Chandigarh) in the country has
Read MoreWith GSLV Mark III launch, ISRO puts India in a new orbit
The Indian Space Research Organisation has crossed a significant milestone with the successful developmental flight of the country’s heaviest Geosynchronous
Read MoreBharat Biotech has begun chikungunya vaccine Phase I trial
The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has begun a Phase I human clinical trial of the indigenously developed chikungunya vaccine three months
Read MoreWolbachia-infected mosquitoes less capable of spreading Zika, chikunguya
With conventional vector controlling measures against dengue- and Zika-causing Aedes aegypti mosquitoes failing, several countries have started caged and even
Read MoreSeventy-year journey of Zika virus
Zika is an arbovirus infection which occurs through the bite of several different species of Aedes mosquitoes, including the Aedes
Read MoreImproving access to mental health services in remote areas
While about 10% of the population in India suffers from common mental disorders, only about 15-25% of this receives mental
Read MoreLIGO: Now, gravitational waves provide clues on how binary black holes form
On January 4, 2017, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves — ripples in space and time —
Read MoreScientists are accidentally helping poachers drive rare species to extinction
Benjamin Scheele, Australian National University and David Lindenmayer, Australian National University If you open Google and start typing “Chinese cave
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