April 1, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 1, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Publishing

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IISER Thiruvananthapuram Director: There’s more to it than meets the eye

In response to the Faulty IISER-Tvm Facebook post that I shared about the lack of action against Prof. V. Ramakrishnan,

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Open AccessOpen access journalPredatory JournalsPublishingResearchScience

I am still trying to figure out what my new research agenda will be: Jeffrey Beall

Contrary to what Cabell’s International, a publishing services company, had said in a tweet on January 17 that Jeffrey Beall

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Fake journalsOpen AccessOpen access journalPublishingResearchScience

Will we see Jeffrey Beall’s predatory journal list in a new avatar?

Though the actual reason why Prof. Jeffrey Beall, who maintained a list of “potential, possible, or probable” publishers that produced

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India’s white list to curb researchers from publishing in predatory journals

In a bid to tackle the growing menace of researchers publishing in predatory journals, the University Grants Commission notified on January

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C.N.R. Rao’s paper: Fatal attraction of plagiarism

The scale of the infraction did not warrant rejection or retraction, as the plagiarised portions form only a part of

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