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Bahay Kubo Research Database site enhancements: Making it more social

July 25, 2012
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Bahay Kubo Research Database site enhancements: Making it more social

It’s been awhile since we’ve updated or added features to the BKR database. Today, we are happy to announce additional features recently implemented to enhance the database’s functionality. The main motivation of these enhancements is to increase the visibility of the research output of Filipino researchers on the internet. Toward this end, we have incorporated…

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Enhanced performance of superconducting thin films by ion milling

July 17, 2012
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Enhanced performance of superconducting thin films by ion milling

YBa2Cu3Oy (YBCO) belongs to a class of oxide materials collectively referred to as “high-Tc (critical temperature) superconductors (HTS),” i.e., materials that exhibit superconductivity above the boiling point (77K) of liquid nitrogen. However, as these materials are typically brittle, in order to be used for potential applications they have to be processed into a useable form,…

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Research productivity in education and psychology

July 12, 2012
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In a recent paper entitled “Research productivity in education and psychology in the Philippines and comparison with ASEAN countries” published in Scientometrics, Lorelie Vinluan (University of the Philippines, Diliman) examined the country’s research productivity in the field of education and psychology. This type of study is important as it will help determine available experts in…

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DOST-JSPS Joint Research Program Call for Research Proposal

July 9, 2012
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The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is now soliciting research proposals from Filipino researchers working in local universities and research institutions for the DOST-JSPS Joint Research Program (JRP). Here’s the link to the announcement in DOST’s website. For the fiscal year 2013, the deadline for submission is July 30, 2012. All proposals should be…

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Research Productivity: Philippines’ Most Productive Institutes and Researchers in 2011

July 6, 2012
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About a year ago, I posted an article here in the BKR blog examining the country’s research productivity in terms of publications for the year 2010. As a follow-up, this time I will examine the research productivity for 2011 and compare it to 2010’s analysis. TABLE 1 (Column 3: Number of papers)  Summary Initial Search…

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Coming Home for Good: for Real?

March 4, 2012
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By now it is likely that most PhDs outside the country must be aware of the UP Balik PhD Recruitment Program launched last February. In case you have somehow missed it, here is the link to the memo from the Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs addressed to chancellors, vice-chancellors, deans and directors, and faculty. If…

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Papers published in Nature journals with Filipino researchers as co-authors

November 5, 2011
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Papers published in Nature journals with Filipino researchers as co-authors

Nature is one of the top-notch interdisciplinary science journals available today. It publishes peer-reviewed research on the basis of its “originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance, and surprising conclusions”. With an impact factor of 36.101, it is currently one of the most highly cited science journals. With the launching of Nature Publishing Index –…

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Research productivity and the knowledge economy

October 11, 2011
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Research productivity and the knowledge economy

Several years ago, we reviewed the scientific publication performance of the Philippines and some of its neighboring countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Using the Science Citation Index Expanded, we looked at the number of publications coming from these countries between 1980 and 2006. See Box 1. Our findings showed that Malaysia and Thailand…

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DNA barcoding of the ichthyofauna of Taal Lake, Philippines

September 7, 2011
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Everyone may be familiar with barcodes usually printed as parallel lines in labels of most commercial products. It is basically a machine-readable representation of data that makes possible the efficient management and accurate retrieval of information about the product. Now, instead of parallel lines, imagine using a short genetic marker in the organism’s DNA sequence…

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2011 QS Asian University Rankings: 4 Philippine Universities in Top 200

September 5, 2011
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As part of an expansion to the QS World University Rankings, the QS Asian University Rankings was first published in 2009. It ranks Asia’s top universities based on academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio, papers per faculty, and citations per paper, among others. This year marks its third year and the rankings are now out. This…

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