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Research papers go through a long and thorough process of peer review so that the published papers are free of errors and mistakes. Despite this, sometimes some errors…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 17, 2013
After obtaining a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1999, Yurii Chinenov joined one of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)…
- Editage Insights
- December 19, 2013
Plagiarism is often one of the commonly cited reasons behind retraction of scientific papers. However, should plagiarism in any form necessarily result in journal…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- September 12, 2014
Early career researchers face countless challenges as they push their way through the academic publishing world. Most of these issues are experienced by many but are…
- OLA AL-BATAYNEH
- September 9, 2016
Last week, Clarivate Analytics released the much anticipated 2017 Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which includes information about highly cited peer-reviewed…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- June 21, 2017
Dr. Teresa Michelsen is an environmental scientist with more than 20 years of experience in environmental quality studies, geochemistry, aquatic cleanup and source…
- Editage Insights
- December 19, 2013
Dr. Colin Nichols has over 10 years of experience in academic writing/editing in the field of life sciences, gained from both academia and working as a research…
- Editage Insights
- December 19, 2013
Springer announced the retraction of 107 papers published in Tumor Biology, an open access cancer journal, as they found evidence of peer review manipulation. Most of…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- April 26, 2017
This post discusses the article Why Open Access for Brazil (2008) by Alma Swan, which takes a deeper look at barriers that prevent Brazilian scientific research from…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- August 26, 2014
"As the number of scientists conducting research has reached unforeseen heights, it appears that the quality of conducted and published research has reached new lows."…
- Rasha Alam
- January 23, 2014