In recent years there has been increasing awareness of problems that have undermined
trust in medical research. This review outlines some of the most important issues including …

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide. Cardiovascular
research has therefore never been more crucial. Cardiovascular researchers must be …

Background/purpose–This study analyzed the contribution of three mentorship practices
relatively and cumulatively to the research productivity of early-career academics in the field …

This study analyzes the publication requirements of PhD programs in China. It is based on a
representative sample of PhD programs from 164 Chinese universities from all fields of …

This article examines the early-and mid-career transition to research leadership in Africa.
Much of the available African literature on research leadership indicate several challenges …

Early career researchers (ECRs) can be on a tenure track position or not. Tenured track
ECRs can be in the research institutes, universities, polytechnics or colleges. In African …

Predatory publishers—those who do not adhere to rigorous standards of academic practice
such as peer review—are increasingly infiltrating biomedical databases, to the detriment of …

We read with great interest the article by Elliott and Carmody wherein they posit a potential
solution of limiting the number of research experiences residency applicants may report to 3 …

This paper explores the challenges early career researchers (ECRs) face in academia and
the benefits of being part of a distributed peer mentoring network. The study highlights the …

The Science magazine recently reported an epidemic of publications on COVID-19, with
nearly 23 000 papers published in the last few months (Brainard, 2020). However, this spate …