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===Generic===
 
===Generic===
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* [http://www.pnas.org/content/109/14/5213.short?rss=1 Persistance and uncertainity in the academic career] (PNAS paper)
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* [http://haydenlab.com/blog/?p=810 Do you have to be exceptional to be successful in academia?]
 
* [http://www.postdocsforum.com/2011/02/23/leaving-academia/comment-page-1/#comment-19975 Academia: Not for everyone] ''many people who agreed that motivation, perseverance, and tenacity are key to success in science.''
 
* [http://www.postdocsforum.com/2011/02/23/leaving-academia/comment-page-1/#comment-19975 Academia: Not for everyone] ''many people who agreed that motivation, perseverance, and tenacity are key to success in science.''
 
* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201000003/abstract How today's scientific culture affects young scientists] ''Can you also live happily as a scientist simply by doing your job well? It seems not. [...] nowadays the successful scientist has all the attributes of a modern rock star. Without regularly producing number one hits you will quite likely not make it.''
 
* [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bies.201000003/abstract How today's scientific culture affects young scientists] ''Can you also live happily as a scientist simply by doing your job well? It seems not. [...] nowadays the successful scientist has all the attributes of a modern rock star. Without regularly producing number one hits you will quite likely not make it.''
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* [http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science Women in Science] ''Even a public schoolteacher actually does better than a scientist.''
 
* [http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science Women in Science] ''Even a public schoolteacher actually does better than a scientist.''
 
* [http://escapethetower.wordpress.com/ Escape the Tower] Resources, links, and musings about the many problems with the academic system, and how to escape it.
 
* [http://escapethetower.wordpress.com/ Escape the Tower] Resources, links, and musings about the many problems with the academic system, and how to escape it.
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* [http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/rx9u9/til_grigori_perelman_best_known_for_resolving_the/c49gpjj Why did Gregory Perelman refuse prizes for his work?] ''It is because deep down we realize that our system is broken and corrupted, that there aren't enough jobs to go around, and many people with serious talent are either quitting or changing fields because of how jobs are handed out. Those who mock Perelman for living with his mother, tending her flowerbed, are free to do so. I assure you Perelman doesn't care. He has nothing left to prove.''
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* [http://scientopia.org/blogs/scicurious/2012/04/30/diversity-in-science-carnival-imposter-syndrome-edition/ Imposter Syndrome: blog carnival]
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* [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/researchers-unrealistic-hopes-of-academic-careers/2007247.article Researchers unrealistic hopes of academic careers]
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* [http://www.edizionidelfaro.it/libri/si-pu%C3%B2-immaginare-sisifo-felice Si può immaginare Sisifo felice?] (book)
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* [http://lettura.corriere.it/la-centrifuga-dei-cervelli/ La centrifuga dei cervelli]
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* [http://alexandreafonso.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/how-academia-resembles-a-drug-gang/ How academia resembles a drug gang]
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* [http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/mar/01/mental-health-issue-phd-research-university Acceptance of mental health problems in academia]
  
 
===Ph.D.===
 
===Ph.D.===
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* [http://www.economist.com/node/17723223?story_id=17723223 The Disposable Academic] ''Why doing a Ph.D. is a waste of time''
 
* [http://www.economist.com/node/17723223?story_id=17723223 The Disposable Academic] ''Why doing a Ph.D. is a waste of time''
 
* [http://www.thenation.com/article/160410/faulty-towers-crisis-higher-education?page=full  Faulty Towers: The Crisis in Higher Education] ''Going to grad school’s a suicide mission.''
 
* [http://www.thenation.com/article/160410/faulty-towers-crisis-higher-education?page=full  Faulty Towers: The Crisis in Higher Education] ''Going to grad school’s a suicide mission.''
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* [http://northwesthistory.blogspot.com/2011/11/open-letter-to-my-students-no-you.html No, you can't be a professor]
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* [http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2011/11/21/essay-why-graduate-students-ignore-warnings-about-job-market Why graduate students ignore warnings about the job market]
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* [http://blogs.nature.com/soapboxscience/2012/08/14/phdelta-how-to-patch-the-phd-problem How to patch the Ph.D. problem]
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* [http://blogs.nature.com/soapboxscience/2012/08/15/phdelta-phd2-0-and-anecdotes-from-the-trenches Anectodes from the trenches]
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* [http://blogs.nature.com/soapboxscience/2012/08/15/phdelta-doctoral-training-centres-or-bust Doctoral training centers or bust]
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* [http://pgbovine.net/PhD-memoir.htm The Ph.D. grind] - the first memoir of a Ph.D.
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* [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2012/10/10/how-not-to-mentor-your-students/ How not to mentor your students]
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* [http://crypto.junod.info/2013/09/09/an-aspiring-scientists-frustration-with-modern-day-academia-a-resignation/ An aspiring scientists frustration with modern day academia] EPFL grad student leaves days before his Ph.D. '' Instead, you are taught to “sell” your work, to worry about your “image”, and to be strategic in your vocabulary and where you use it. Preference is given to good presentation over good content.''
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* [http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/29/magazine/lethal-chemistry-at-harvard.html?src=pm&pagewanted=1 Lethal Chemistry at Harvard] - story of the suicide of Jason Altom, Ph.D. candidate in Corey laboratory.
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* [http://modelviewculture.com/pieces/i-didn-t-want-to-lean-out I didn't want to lean out] - why a student left chemistry
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* [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v511/n7508/full/nj7508-256a.html A wake up call] - Graduate students must educate themselves and others about academia's dim job prospects, says Jessica Polka.
  
 
===Postdocs===
 
===Postdocs===
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* [http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_03_18/science.opms.r1100101 Recovering From Postdoc Mistakes] ''a large lab run by a famous scientist doesn't guarantee direct value for the postdoc, as she found out the hard way''
 
* [http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2011_03_18/science.opms.r1100101 Recovering From Postdoc Mistakes] ''a large lab run by a famous scientist doesn't guarantee direct value for the postdoc, as she found out the hard way''
 
* [http://www.isabel-dietrich.de/2011/03/sayonara-academia-i-get-life.html Sayonara academia, I get a life] ''I don't see meaning in my research anymore.''
 
* [http://www.isabel-dietrich.de/2011/03/sayonara-academia-i-get-life.html Sayonara academia, I get a life] ''I don't see meaning in my research anymore.''
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* [http://upmic.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/honest-postdoc-ad2.png Honest Postdoc Ad]
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* [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmsctech/1046/1046.pdf 2001-2002 UK House of Commons - Short term contracts in academia]
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* [http://www.eui.eu/ProgrammesAndFellowships/AcademicCareersObservatory/CareerComparisons/SalaryComparisons.aspx Salary Comparisons in EU] (2007)
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* [http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/09/09/345289127/when-scientists-give-up?refresh=true When Scientists Give Up] - stories of successful scientists which left due to lack of funding etc.
  
 
===Coming back===
 
===Coming back===
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* [http://www.reddit.com/r/biology/comments/kayk2/life_science_undergrad_to_bioengineering_phd/c2jakpa departure into industry and return for a PhD shows too much of an interest in personal life or money instead of knowledge or research.]
 
* [http://www.reddit.com/r/biology/comments/kayk2/life_science_undergrad_to_bioengineering_phd/c2jakpa departure into industry and return for a PhD shows too much of an interest in personal life or money instead of knowledge or research.]
 
* [http://insingulo.blogspot.com/2010/08/in-silico.html In Silico] ''many of the dysfunctional relationships I had in the academic world were not actually due to my personality flaws, but were largely due to the peculiar culture that tolerates (and in some cases rewards) dysfunctional interpersonal relationships in academia.''
 
* [http://insingulo.blogspot.com/2010/08/in-silico.html In Silico] ''many of the dysfunctional relationships I had in the academic world were not actually due to my personality flaws, but were largely due to the peculiar culture that tolerates (and in some cases rewards) dysfunctional interpersonal relationships in academia.''
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* [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/10/mea-culpa-about-studying-science-to-get-a-job/ Mea culpa: About studying science to get a job]
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* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-pushes-for-more-scientists-but-the-jobs-arent-there/2012/07/07/gJQAZJpQUW_story_2.html US pushes for more scientists but the jobs aren't there]
  
 
===Academia as a workplace===
 
===Academia as a workplace===
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* [http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110831/full/477020a.html Work ethic: The 24/7 lab] ''In a lab where the boss calls you at 6 a.m., schedules Friday evening lab meetings that can stretch past 10 p.m., and routinely expects you to work over Christmas, sticking it out until midnight on a holiday weekend is nothing unusual.''
 
* [http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110831/full/477020a.html Work ethic: The 24/7 lab] ''In a lab where the boss calls you at 6 a.m., schedules Friday evening lab meetings that can stretch past 10 p.m., and routinely expects you to work over Christmas, sticking it out until midnight on a holiday weekend is nothing unusual.''
  
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==Fraud and retraction==
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==Funding==
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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/feb/27/taxpayers-value-money-research-funding#start-of-comments Taxpayers deserve value for money from research funding - Guardian]
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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2012/feb/23/scientists-basic-research-business? Scientists have sold their souls – and basic research – to business - Guardian]
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* [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7385/full/nj7385-429a.html#/bx1 Got to get a grant - Nature]
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* [http://the-scientist.com/2012/03/14/slipping-from-the-top/ Slipping from the top - The Scientist]
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* [http://www.petridish.org/projects/all petridish.org]
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* [http://blogs.nature.com/soapboxscience/2012/03/21/a-new-era-of-science-funding-part-1-individual-scientists-as-active-global-citizens A new era of science funding part 1 - Nature blogs]
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* [http://blogs.nature.com/soapboxscience/2012/03/22/a-new-era-of-science-funding-%E2%80%93-part-3-crowdfunding-via-petridish?WT.mc_id=TWT_NatureBlogs A new era of science funding part 3 - Nature blogs]
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* [http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v11/n4/full/nmat3300.html The scientific marketplace - Nature Materials]
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* [http://phys.org/news/2013-11-funding-prone-formation.html Funding is prone to forming bubbles]
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==Publishing==
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===Fraud and retraction===
 
* [http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/ Retraction Watch blog]
 
* [http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/ Retraction Watch blog]
 
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/how-scientific-fraud-is-like-ponzi-finance/247885/ Scientific fraud like Ponzi finance]
 
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/how-scientific-fraud-is-like-ponzi-finance/247885/ Scientific fraud like Ponzi finance]
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* [http://www.orthosupersite.com/view.aspx?rid=89368 Scientific journals retract more articles, expose fraud and incompetence]
 
* [http://www.orthosupersite.com/view.aspx?rid=89368 Scientific journals retract more articles, expose fraud and incompetence]
 
* [http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/10/why_research_papers_are_retrac.html The reasons for retraction]
 
* [http://blogs.nature.com/news/2011/10/why_research_papers_are_retrac.html The reasons for retraction]
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* [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_765943.html?_s_icmp=NetworkHeadlines Repeat of plagiarism]
 
 
* [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/genetics/2007-07-27-science-retracted-article_N.htm Doctored photos retracted article]
 
* [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/genetics/2007-07-27-science-retracted-article_N.htm Doctored photos retracted article]
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* [http://www.annals.org/content/144/8/609.full Research Misconduct, Retraction, and Cleansing the Medical Literature: Lessons from the Poehlman Case]
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* [http://classic.the-scientist.com/blog/display/57449/ 10 retractions and counting]
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* [http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/uconn-resveratrol-researcher-dipak-das-fingered-in-sweeping-misconduct-case/ UConn fraud case]
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* [http://blogs.nature.com/ofschemesandmemes/2012/03/06/march%E2%80%99s-sonyc-on-setting-the-research-record-straight-%E2%80%93-what-retractions-tell-us-about-setting-the-research-record-straight What retractions tell us about setting the research record straight]
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* [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/science/rise-in-scientific-journal-retractions-prompts-calls-for-reform.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1 A Sharp Rise in Retractions Prompts Calls for Reform]
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* [http://boingboing.net/2012/10/11/fraud-failure-and-fubar-in-s.html Fraud, Failure and FUBAR]
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* [http://www.nature.com/news/research-integrity-cell-induced-stress-1.15507 Cell-induced stress] - a recap of the Japanese stem-cell fiasco
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===Peer review===
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* [http://www.nature.com/nature/peerreview/debate/nature05006.html Quality and value: How can we research peer review?]
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* [http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2012/04/01/plos1-public-library-of-sloppiness/ Public Library of Sloppiness?]
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* [http://blogs.wiley.com/publishingnews/2009/09/21/bentham-affair/ Bentham Affair -sloppy OA]
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* [http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/09/nobel-winner-boycott-science-journals Nobel winner declares boycott of top science journals]
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==Open access==
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* [http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2012/04/01/plos1-public-library-of-sloppiness/ PLOS One public library of sloppiness?]
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* [http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/06/20/the-rise-and-fall-of-plos-ones-impact-factor-2012-3-730/ The rise and fall of PLOS One IF]
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* [http://scientopia.org/blogs/drugmonkey/2013/01/14/placing-plos-one-in-the-appropriate-evaluative-context/ Placing PLOS One in the appropriate evaluative context]
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* [http://earlycareerecologists.wordpress.com/2013/03/21/why-i-published-in-plos-one-and-why-i-probably-wont-again-for-awhile/ Why I published in PLOS One and probably won't again]
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* [http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/18/beyond-open-access-understanding-sciences-enclosures?CMP=twt_gu Beyond open access]
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===Impact factor===
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* [http://www.pnas.org/content/107/50/21233.full Impacting our young] (PNAS)
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===Plagiarism===
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* {{en|Plagiarism}}
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* [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_765943.html?_s_icmp=NetworkHeadlines Repeat of plagiarism]
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* [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v481/n7379/full/481021a.html#/miguel-roig-teach-scientists-to-paraphrase Fighting plagiarism]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_plagiarism_in_India Scientific plagiarism in India] (en.wp) and [http://network.nature.com/groups/natureindia/forum/topics/7695 a thread on Nature Network] on the WP article.
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* [http://www.sciencemag.org/content/323/5919/1293.short Responses to plagiarsim] (paywall)
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* [http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/41466/title/Dangers_of_biomedical_plagiarism Dangers of biomedical plagiarism]
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* [http://chronicle.com/article/Plagiarism-in-Science-Research/42517 Plagiarism in science is often ignored]
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* [http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/03/how-do-authors-and-editors-react-to-scientific-plagiarism.ars How do authors and editors react to plagiarism]
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* [http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/84jtea.html Plagiarism and Responsibility]
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* [http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0717-95022007000400001&script=sci_arttext Plagiarism in the morphological sciences]
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* [http://www.deccanchronicle.com/columnists/jayant-v-narlikar/science-plagiarism The science of plagiarism]
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* [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2009-03-07-plagiarize-scientists_N.htm Scientists explain why they plagiarize]
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* [http://www.npr.org/2011/08/03/138937778/plagiarism-plague-hinders-chinas-scientific-ambition Plagiarism in China]
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* [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0CEYQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cte.usf.edu%2Fcompendium%2Fplagiarism%2Fpdfs%2Fplagiarism_tutorial_content.pdf&ei=AzwGT6qcGKX-4QTT2umNCA&usg=AFQjCNE3awqIset8fsrE6-BF0GBhZVx0PQ PDF of slides on plagiarism]
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* [http://www.northern.edu/Academics/Departments/University_College/Pages/ParaphrasingandPlagiarism.aspx Paraphrasing and Plagiarism]
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* [http://andrewgelman.com/2011/09/some-thoughts-on-academic-cheating-inspired-by-frey-wegman-fischer-hauser-stapel/ Thoughts on academic cheating]
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* [http://www.nature.com/news/not-all-plagiarism-requires-a-retraction-1.15517 Not all plagiarism requires a retraction] with discussion on different types of plagiarism and their impact
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====Philosophical defenses====
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* [http://www.ru.ac.za/englishlanguageandlinguistics/latestnews/name,45136,en.html Self plagiarism]
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* [http://classic.the-scientist.com/blog/display/57676/ When is self-plagiarism acceptable?]
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* [http://robertdfeinman.com/society/plagiarism.html In defense of plagiarism]
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* [http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/2002/04/posner.htm In defense of plagiarism II]
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* [http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/02/0081387 The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism]
  
 
==Inefficiencies==
 
==Inefficiencies==
 
* http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101013/full/467775a.html?ref=nf
 
* http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101013/full/467775a.html?ref=nf
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* [http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21588057-scientists-think-science-self-correcting-alarming-degree-it-not-trouble Unreliable research]
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* [http://www.nature.com/news/weak-statistical-standards-implicated-in-scientific-irreproducibility-1.14131 Weak statistical standards implicated in scientific irreproducibility]
  
 
==Italy==
 
==Italy==
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* http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/04/08/news/netturbini_con_laurea-14651595/?ref=HREC1-4
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* [http://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/04/08/news/netturbini_con_laurea-14651595/?ref=HREC1-4 Netturbini con laurea]
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* [http://precariementi.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/dottorandi-e-dottorati/#comment-778 Dottorandi e dottorati] (??)
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* [http://www.imille.org/2012/04/quali-ricercatori-nelluniversita-del-futuro/ Quali ricercatori nell'università del futuro]
  
 
==Open science==
 
==Open science==
 
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/22/open-science-shared-research-internet
 
* http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/may/22/open-science-shared-research-internet
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* [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&smid=fb-share Cracking Open the Scientific Process]
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* [http://www.economist.com/node/21552574 Open sesame] - The Economist
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==Image==
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* [http://blogs.nature.com/ofschemesandmemes/2012/02/16/february%E2%80%99s-sonyc-on-science-and-social-media-%E2%80%93-this-is-what-a-scientist-looks-like What a scientist looks like]
  
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==Other==
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* [http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21587770-row-over-ban-chinese-researchers-chinese-youre-not-welcome Chinese? You are not welcome.]
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* [http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/10/chinese-and-american-science Chinese and American science]
  
  
 
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This is just a backup of a bookmark folder, will structure it later.

Academic career

Generic

Ph.D.

Postdocs

Coming back

  • Reentering Academia - A Success Story I knew that I could be a reasonable scientist given the chance. I eventually managed to convince people here in Oxford that I could be taken back on as a postdoc.


Finding a job after academia

Academia as a workplace

Funding

Publishing

Fraud and retraction

Peer review

Open access

Impact factor

Plagiarism

Philosophical defenses

Inefficiencies

Italy

Open science


Image

Other

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