Tag: Research

MEDICON 2015 – The ‘Adrenaline-charged’ Experience.

At the start of this year-my Final MBBS year, little did I know that I would get any free holidays to attend to any extracurricular happenings as our circular for this year clearly stated, “NO holidays after 8th semester”. Nevertheless, that hope for the much needed break before the final semester was not meant to… Continue reading MEDICON 2015 – The ‘Adrenaline-charged’ Experience.

The Person in the White Coat: An Interview with Dr. Basavaprabhu

“Medical Profession. Long hours. Little sleep. White Coat. Caught in books. Knee-deep. Cups of coffee. Alert mind.Striking off DD*s . A person.Inside it all.With a lot more to that personality” (*DD= differential diagnosis) The life of a doctor is no less than an epic drama series. It is interesting and exciting. But at the same… Continue reading The Person in the White Coat: An Interview with Dr. Basavaprabhu

Is Citation Index of a Journal more important than the actual research?

Image Source: The ?Cost of Knowledge? ? On the Elsevier boycott and the push for more open access - See more at: http://blogs.ams.org/mathgradblog/2012/04/12/cost-knowledge-learned-ongoing-elsevier-boycott http://blogs.ams.org/mathgradblog/2012/04/12/cost-knowledge-learned-ongoing-elsevier-boycott/ This doodle sums up the Cost of Knowledge for publsihing and subscibing to academic journals with a high citation index.

More and more private universities these days, are pushing their academicians to publish articles in academic journals and scientific journals that have a higher citation index and impact factor. Some universities even bear the publishing costs to these reputed journals with a high citation index and impact factor and provide further incentives in terms of… Continue reading Is Citation Index of a Journal more important than the actual research?

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