Postgraduates need more help to bear Iran’s scientific burden

Iranian market trader with a large number of cooking pots, symbolising citations

Citation counting is encouraging cheating in Iran

Ministers’ metric-based boasts about the country’s scientific prowess are belied by the reality, as a recent incident illustrates, says Roohola Ramezani

By Roohola Ramezani

11 June

A crow perched on a sign in Tehran, symbolising stolen authorship

A student’s death has highlighted Iran’s dubious publication ethics

Students often have no choice but to include professors who have had no input into papers as co-authors, says Roohola Ramezani

By Roohola Ramezani

7 March

‘Blind growth’ of Iran’s universities ‘worsened’ high unemployment

Academics worry that more middle-class families will reconsider university as usefulness of degrees cast into doubt

By Pola Lem

7 June

Iran’s child-bearing directive is a threat to public health

The banning of scientific messages about risks in pregnancy is yet another damaging imposition on academia, says Roohola Ramezani

By Roohola Ramezani

26 May

Postgraduates need more help to bear Iran’s scientific burden

Doctoral students drive Iranian science, but the country’s low spending means that they often lack access to basic resources, says Roohola Ramezani

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Postgraduates need more help to bear Iran’s scientific burden

Doctoral students drive Iranian science, but the country’s low spending means that they often lack access to basic resources, says Roohola Ramezani

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Citation counting is encouraging cheating in Iran

A student’s death has highlighted Iran’s dubious publication ethics

‘Blind growth’ of Iran’s universities ‘worsened’ high unemployment

Iran’s child-bearing directive is a threat to public health

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