When a Country is Open, Do They Have Strong Science Too?
As no scientist is an island, the overall scientific enterprise grows stronger when people work together. But, an interesting question emerges from this concept for us to explore: how can we quantify the effect of collaboration on productivity and impact on science?
In the October 5 issue of Nature, Caroline Wagner, Ph.D. of the Ohio State University and Koen Jonker’s, Ph.D. of the European Commission Joint Research Center
published an interesting analysis of the association of a country’s “openness” and its scientific productivity. The authors assembled data from the Scopus database—a wealth of information on ci...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 11, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike bibliometrics publications Source Type: funding
Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore)-Society of Engineers for the Community Design Award 2013
The design competition is jointly organized by the Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore) (BES) and the Society of Engineers for the Community (SEC). Submission deadline EXTENDED to 15 August 2013 Theme of Competition The focus of the competition is on the design of a low-cost medical device to improve healthcare in resource-scarce communities. Eligibility • All team members must be bona-fide students as of 1st April, 2013. • The projects must have been carried out in the students’ institutions • Number of members per team can be up to 5 Competition Format &...
Source: ScanGrants feed - July 29, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Biomedical Engineering Society (Singapore)/Society of Engineers for the Community Source Type: funding
