In recent decades, higher education has witnessed the development of a series policies aimed at improving its quality. To this end, accountability measures have been promoted, which are having major impact on academics. addition, precariousness work in professional sector is contributing to emphasise consequences. context, early career researchers become highly vulnerable group, as pretence wan...

Why is technology transfer important for cancer and other biomedical researchers? What do biomedical researchers need to know about technology transfer? This report will address these questions in the context of the United States technology transfer system, which is now approximately 20 years old. To accomplish this goal, this report first summarizes the importance of technology transfer and th...

Hijacking of scientific journals consists of websites created by hackers in place of true academic journals for copying their names, addresses, impact factors and international publication numbers in order to steal scientific output and payment of fees charged for publication.(1) Today there is great pressure on researchers to publish their scientific results. Some journals publish for free and...