Ian R Butler

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Grants. Are they fairly distributed in terms of regions or do perceptions come into play. Is there a way to assess this?

For a long time I and many others have been accutely aware that in terms of grant funding there is not a level playing field. This is not deliberate but it is simply because grants (and papers to...

05 May 2017 3,835 0 View

Where did the ethics go? Do editors check for poor reporting?

I've just been reading an article which is in my area in which the authors essentially put down another author's contribution in order to publish their own paper which claims to be an "improved...

03 March 2017 953 3 View

Do impact factors mean anything between subjects?

In a world where metrics seem to be used all the time do we ever consider their validity? In some subjects with few journals the impact factors are high by default whereas in other subjects the...

04 April 2013 6,118 7 View