domingo, 10 de outubro de 2021
Rendeiro e a justiça portuguesa como uma instituição offshore
O professor despedido por causa de artigos sem credibilidade__Parte 2
sábado, 9 de outubro de 2021
Qual a ética de um investigador que tem a maioria das suas publicações na mesma revista onde é editor ?
Pacheco Pereira ataca a falta de vergonha da Faculdade de Direito da ULisboa
https://pacheco-torgal.blogspot.com/2020/09/professor-da-universidade-de-lisboa.html
Aquela Faculdade que por várias vezes foi comentada neste blog (vide por exemplo post acima) volta novamente a sê-lo agora por conta de um artigo hoje no jornal Público:
"começaram as diligências judiciais da queixa-crime que coloquei contra o autor e a fonte original e o impulsionador de todo este delírio, um artigo de Lemos Esteves...Mas não é apenas o autor, real ou disfarçado em clones, que devia ter vergonha na cara, é também a Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa que lhe dá guarida e cuja pertença ele usa no meio de vários cargos e funções inventadas para se dar credibilidade. Pelo menos neste caso, há uma coisa que por lá não habita, o Direito" https://www.publico.pt/2021/10/09/opiniao/opiniao/agente-irao-erdogan-lula-arafat-rip-somague-motaengil-1980371
sexta-feira, 8 de outubro de 2021
The Economist _ What is the best way to win a Nobel prize in science ?
We already knew that the best way to win a Nobel was to have several papers with more than 1000 citations. That´s why Clarivate Analytics has successfully predicted the names of more than 60 Nobel prize winners https://clarivate.com/citation-laureates/successful-nobel-predictions/
However, the last edition of The Economist available today disclosed another methodology based on the Nobel nomination database https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/archive/
Of course, nominations alone are not enough, because there were scientists who received dozens of nominations like for instance the chemists Theodor Curtius (31 nominations) Gustav Tammann (35 nominations) or Georges Urbain (56 nominations) but never got the Nobel prize.
However, the scientists that have been nominated by a Nobel laureate were much more likely to receive the prize https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/10/09/the-best-way-to-win-a-nobel-is-to-get-nominated-by-another-laureate
Professor da Universidade do Porto despedido por causa de “artigos sem credibilidade”
quinta-feira, 7 de outubro de 2021
Os bolseiros que apresentaram queixa por assédio moral contra a investigadora Raquel Varela
quarta-feira, 6 de outubro de 2021
Mais três previsões acertadas sobre os vencedores do Nobel em 2021
terça-feira, 5 de outubro de 2021
Emeritus Professor Terry Young: Academics’ time would be far better spent on assessment, curation and mentoring
Within the framework of the article published today on Times Higher Education by Emeritus Professor Terry Young (link provided above), it becomes apparent that universities are poised to play a crucial role in curating and validating research conducted in the corporate sector.
The rationale behind this is straightforward: universities have relinquished the monopoly on research, with approximately 200 companies generating 40% of global research output. Furthermore, the challenge lies in establishing trust in corporate research results, particularly when negative outcomes could have severe implications, potentially leading to bankruptcy. https://pacheco-torgal.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-university-of-future.html
Continuing the discussion on curation and assessment, it is worth recalling a 2019 paper authored by a Full Professor at Stanford. This paper meticulously analyzed nearly 50 unicorns, including the infamous case of Theranos fraud: “High‐valuation companies that publish little or nothing in the peer‐reviewed literature may still have patents related to their products. One may argue that patents undergo rigorous evaluation. However, patents do not offer the same level of documentation as peer‐reviewed articles. For example, Theranos had over 100 patents, but these were unable to supplant the vacuum in their evidence....when a team of investigators used the Theranos technology to run 22 common lab tests versus the same tests run with other companies’ technologies, the problematic error rates became manifest.." https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eci.13072
PS - Just within the last two days, Clarivate Analytics took a significant step by incorporating peer review history into the extensive repository of nearly 30 million author records within the Web of Science platform. This recognition underscores the vital importance of meticulous paper curation as an essential academic duty. Whether by coincidence or design, Web of Science has chosen to spotlight my personal profile as an exemplary case https://publons.com/announcement/#your-review-contributions-in-web-of-science
