‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point
Last year, 10,000 sham papers had to be retracted by academic journals, but experts think this is just the tip of the icebergTens of thousands of bogus research papers are being published in journals in an international scandal that is worsening every year, scientists have warned. Medical research is being compromised, drug development hindered and promising academic research jeopardised thanks to a global wave of sham science that is sweeping laboratories and universities.Last year the annual number of papers retracted by research journals topped 10,000 for the first time. Most analysts believe the figure is only the...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Tags: Peer review and scientific publishing Science Technology UK news Higher education Universities Newspapers & magazines Academics Medical research Media Source Type: news
He Hunts Sloppy Scientists. He ’s Finding Lots of Prey.
Meet Sholto David, whose error-spotting has raised a question: If researchers aren ’t getting the little things right, what else might be wrong? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Richtel Tags: Academic and Scientific Journals Cancer Ethics and Official Misconduct Colleges and Universities Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Harvard University Wales England your-feed-health your-feed-science Source Type: news
Gendered responses to fear of victimization? A comparative study of students' precautionary and avoidance strategies in suburban and urban contexts - Jacobsen SK.
The purpose of this study was to understand how gender shapes women's and men's behavioral responses to fear of crime and whether their use of these strategies varies by context. Interviews were conducted with 70 undergraduates attending universities in tw... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Self-efficacy, mindfulness, and perceived social support as resources to maintain the mental health of students in Switzerland's universities of applied sciences: a cross-sectional study - Guzman Villegas-Frei M, Jubin J, Bucher CO, Bachmann AO.
BACKGROUND: Switzerland's student population is at a particularly high risk of developing mental health disorders, creating a major challenge for Switzerland's higher education establishments. Research to date has primarily sought to identify the risk fact... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
GPs are 'sceptical' about letting you see your medical records online because they think it will make you 'worry more'
An international team of researchers, including from the universities of Plymouth, Manchester and Bristol, examined the impact of giving patients full access to their GP records. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Robots Created to Help Patients in Hospitals Pass Testing Phase
A collection of eight robots designed by PAL Robotics and trialed by researchers collaborating across multiple universities in Europe and the Middle East have successfully passed the testing phase with patients. The robots, referred to as SPRING (Socially Assistive Robots in Gerontological Healthcare), are designed to provide comfort to elderly patients and alleviate their anxiety, while reducing the burden placed on nursing staff in busy environments.
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“We believe that the SPRING project marks a significant milestone in the development of interactive robotics, an...
Source: TIME: Health - January 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anna Gordon Tags: Uncategorized News Desk Source Type: news
Citation cartels help some mathematicians —and their universities—climb the rankings
Cliques of mathematicians at institutions in China, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere have been artificially boosting their colleagues’ citation counts by churning out low-quality papers that repeatedly reference their work, according to an unpublished analysis seen by
Science
. As a result, their universities—some of which do not appear to have math departments—now produce a greater number of highly cited math papers each year than schools with a strong track record in the field, such as Stanford and Princeton universities.
These so-called “citation cartels” appear to be trying to improve their univers...
Source: ScienceNOW - January 30, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions : Fiscal Year 2021
The Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions is a congressionally mandated census completed by federal agencies that obligated money in the survey year for direct support of higher education and nonprofit institutions ' research and development. The Federal S&E Support Survey is the only source of comprehensive data on federal science and engineering funding to individual academic and nonprofit institutions. As of the FY 2021 data collection, the survey was incorporated as the Federal Science and Engineering Support module within the Survey of Federal Funds for...
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - January 29, 2024 Category: Statistics Source Type: news
Federal Science and Engineering Support to Higher Education Increased 10 % in FY 2021
In FY 2021, federal agency obligations to universities and colleges for science and engineering ( S&E ) activities increased to a historical high of nearly $ 43 billion, up 10.5 % from FY 2020. S&E activities include research and development ( R&D ) ; R&D plant ; facilities and equipment for instruction in S&E ; fellowships, traineeships, and training grants ; and other general support for S&E. Estimates are from the FY 2021 Survey of Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions, conducted by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Scie...
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - January 29, 2024 Category: Statistics Source Type: news
India and China open doors for Global South in space competition
CHENNAI, India/DALIAN, China -- If you visit the startup Agnikul Cosmos at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, one of India's top science universities, you will be told: "Please take off your shoes and turn off your mobile phone, or set it to airplane mode." Then you will be guided to a…#chennai #dalian #agnikulcosmos #srinathravichandran (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Universities consider academic integrity in approach to evolving AI-filled future
A study sponsored by Turnitin shows that 75% of the students surveyed would continue using AI tools even if their professors or schools banned the technology. As artificial intelligence evolves, faculty members and school officials are creating new guidelines and curriculum to adapt. "Cheating is…#turnitin #biolauniversity #resumes #mccabe #pepperdineuniversity #jennifermiyaketrapp #aiwill #josephhartono #clarissajocelyn #original (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When institutions harm those who depend on them: a scoping review of institutional betrayal - Christl ME, Pham KCT, Rosenthal A, DePrince AP.
The term institutional betrayal (Smith and Freyd, 2014) builds on the conceptual framework of betrayal trauma theory (see Freyd, 1996) to describe the ways that institutions (e.g., universities, workplaces) fail to take appropriate steps to prevent and/or ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The 23 state universities that make at least $125 million annually from their sports teams
Brutus Buckeye and Bevo Longhorn Ben Jackson/Getty Images; David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images College sports make big money, but some schools earn a lot more than others. The SEC and Big Ten dominate the list of the schools that make the most money from sports. The Ohio State University…#brutusbuckeye #bevolonghorn #davidbuonoicon #gettyimagescollege #ohiostateuniversity #ncaa #power5 #pac12conference #indianauniversity #menbasketballrevenue (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
" Yes, the Last 10 Years Really Have Been Worse for Free Speech " (Focusing on Universities)
An interesting and, I think, sound analysis by Greg Lukianoff (FIRE), responding to ACLU National Legal Director (and Georgetown law professor) David Cole's review of Lukianoff & Rikki Schlott's The Canceling of the American Mind in the New York Review of Books. An excerpt: [A]fter 9/11 only about…#greglukianoff #aclunationallegal #georgetown #davidcole #newyorkreviewofbooks #after911 #cancelculture #ucla #jeantwenge #reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Joint Fellowships and Professorships awarded by the Universities of Bristol and Cape Town to deepen strategic partnership
Six academic staff at the University of Bristol have been awarded joint Fellowships and Professorships to work closely with the University of Cape Town (UCT) on developing opportunities for engagement, impact and longer-term collaboration between the universities and their communities. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - January 24, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Announcements; Press Release Source Type: news