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"Health information is a universal right, not a privilege or commodity."

Dr. Robert Porter is the Editor-in-Chief of The Merck Manuals, one of the oldest and most widely used medical resources for medical professionals and consumers. Dr…
"Health information is a universal right, not a privilege or commodity."

Industry-wide call for creating a Coalition for Responsible Publication Resources to curb unethical publishing practices

Donald Samulack, PhD (President, U.S. Operations, Cactus Communications and Editage) presented and launched an industry-wide call-to-action titled “Predatory Author…
Industry-wide call for creating a Coalition for Responsible Publication Resources to curb unethical publishing practices

Irreproducibility: The soft underbelly of science

Is reproducibility of research a mirage? Moments of ‘Eureka’ are frequently becoming isolated instances for lone researchers rather than for the entire science community…
Irreproducibility: The soft underbelly of science

Springer retracts 64 papers from its journals alleging fake reviews

On August 18, Springer announced that it has retracted 64 articles from 10 of its subscription-based journals after discovering that the reviews of these papers were…
Springer retracts 64 papers from its journals alleging fake reviews

"Science and technology in Asia will witness an exponential growth in the coming decades."

Dr. Shinichiro Takezawa is the founder of Science Postprint (SPP), Asia’s first open access scholarly journal. Dr. Takezawa is also the CEO of the Japan-based company…
"Science and technology in Asia will witness an exponential growth in the coming decades."

Using peer review comments in a constructive way

Getting published isn’t magic; it’s a process. You don’t need to be Houdini! Just follow a few simple rules, submit to the appropriate journal for your study, and take…
Using peer review comments in a constructive way

Two California universities in a legal battle over Alzheimer's research data

Two Californian universities, the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Southern California, are in a legal dispute over rights to the…
Two California universities in a legal battle over Alzheimer's research data
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Does your target journal allow more than one corresponding author? A case study

With collaboration and mobility becoming the norm in research, there are cases where a manuscript might have more than one corresponding author. Do journals allow this?…
Does your target journal allow more than one corresponding author? A case study
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Considering presenting a paper at a scholarly conference? Choose carefully

Predatory scholarly conferences pose a new threat to scholarly communications as researchers find themselves inundated with spam emails soliciting their attendance at…
Considering presenting a paper at a scholarly conference? Choose carefully

Peter Higgs receives 2015 Copley Medal - world's oldest science prize

Professor Peter Higgs is the latest recepient of the Copley Medal, the world’s oldest scientific prize, for his pioneering work on the theory of Higgs boson. This…