The Chinese Publisher SCIRP (Scientific Research Publishing): A Publishing Empire Built on Junk Science
Another day, another report of a junk science article published by China-based publisher Scientific Research Publishing, or SCIRP. This publisher specializes...
Is the Editor of the Springer Journal Scientometrics indifferent to plagiarism?
Summary: A reader of my blog alerted me to significant word-for-word plagiarism in an article published in Springer’s journal Scientometrics. I...
Wacky Open-Access Publisher Launches with 61 New Journals
Another pay-to-publish, open-access publisher has appeared: Lawarence Press. Based in Delhi, India, the press is named after the street its...
The Most Unusual Courses To Try During Lockdown
The pandemic has thrown us all into a new ‘normal’ but one thing the majority of us are experiencing is...
The USA Education System Explained for International Students
The education system in the U.S. is well structured and adaptable. It is divided into three broad levels: primary, secondary,...
The Most Popular Majors Among College Students: Why They’re Trending
In the 2020-21 academic year, 3.1 million students received undergraduate degrees in the United States. This included 1 million associate's...
Medical Matters: What Draws Students to Medicine As a Professional Field?
I once had a friend who had a number of medical issues as a child. Growing up, she was in...
Under Pressure, MDPI Tries to Clean House, Retracts Paper
I recently added publisher MDPI to my list of questionable publishers, an addition that has caused the publisher to go on the...
The Nine Circles of Hell – Explanation of The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy is one of the most influential works of literature in modern times. Written in the...
I get complaints about Frontiers
Frontiers is a Lausanne, Switzerland-based scholarly open-access publisher. Owned by Nature Publishing Group, the firm publishes 38 journals, chiefly in the...
