Gender bias in academia: A lifetime problem that needs solutions

A Llorens, A Tzovara, L Bellier, I Bhaya-Grossman… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Despite increased awareness of the lack of gender equity in academia and a growing
number of initiatives to address issues of diversity, change is slow, and inequalities remain …

The future of sub-Saharan Africa's biodiversity in the face of climate and societal change

CA Chapman, K Abernathy, LJ Chapman… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Many of the world's most biodiverse regions are found in the poorest and second most
populous continent of Africa; a continent facing exceptional challenges. Africa is projected to …

Bibliometrics: methods for studying academic publishing

A Ninkov, JR Frank, LA Maggio - Perspectives on medical education, 2022 - Springer
Bibliometrics is the study of academic publishing that uses statistics to describe publishing
trends and to highlight relationships between published works. Likened to epidemiology …

[HTML][HTML] Making transdisciplinarity happen: Phase 0, or before the beginning

AI Horcea-Milcu, J Leventon, DJ Lang - Environmental science & policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Both within science and society, transdisciplinary approaches are increasingly employed to
address today's sustainability challenges. Often transdisciplinary research processes are …

[HTML][HTML] Augment the SDG indicator framework

RE Kim - Environmental Science & Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
The 231 indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are crucial for measuring
progress on 169 targets. But the seemingly large number of indicators and the associated …

Ranking researchers: evidence from Indonesia

CV Fry, J Lynham, S Tran - Research Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
In the span of three years, Indonesia went from being the second worst to the top producer of
scientific journal articles in Southeast Asia. We investigate whether a transparent system of …

Primate conservation: Lessons learned in the last 20 years can guide future efforts

CA Chapman, CA Peres - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Twenty years ago, we published an assessment of the threats facing primates and with the
passing of two decades, we re‐evaluate identified threats, consider emerging pressures …

Can I afford to publish? A dilemma for African scholars

A Mekonnen, C Downs, EO Effiom, M Kibaja… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With open‐access publishing authors often pay an article processing charge and
subsequently their article is freely available online. These charges are beyond the reach of …

[HTML][HTML] Making ERP research more transparent: guidelines for preregistration

M Paul, GH Govaart, A Schettino - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
A combination of confirmation bias, hindsight bias, and pressure to publish may prompt the
(unconscious) exploration of various methodological options and reporting only the ones …

Protection of the human gene research literature from contract cheating organizations known as research paper mills

JA Byrne, Y Park, RAK Richardson… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Human gene research generates new biology insights with translational potential, yet few
studies have considered the health of the human gene literature. The accessibility of human …