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Predatory scholarly conferences pose a new threat to scholarly communications as researchers find themselves inundated with spam emails soliciting their attendance at…
- Jeffrey Beall
- July 29, 2015
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…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 26, 2015
Clinical trials are an important research tool for advancing medical knowledge and healthcare. This article aims to guide you through all the different aspects of a…
- Kakoli Majumder
- July 24, 2015
Peer review and quantitative metrics are the two most prominent methods of evaluating the quality and impact of research. However, the recent surge in the importance…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 23, 2015
In the wake of an impending economic crisis, the Brazilian government is walking down the path of austerity with respect to federal budget and expenditure. This…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 23, 2015
Metrics are important in research evaluation, but excessive focus on unreliable and rigid quantitative measures has diluted the nature and significance of research…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 23, 2015
Transparency in reporting of research is essential for providing enough information about how the work was performed to allow others to replicate it. This post…
- Patricia K. Baskin
- July 20, 2015
This post offers some basic guidelines on choosing between upper case and lower case letters in scientific writing.
- Yateendra Joshi
- July 20, 2015
Dr. Jianwu Yan is the Deputy Director of the Mechanics and Electrical Engineering School Experiment Center at Nanchang Institute of Technology, where he teaches and…
- Editage Insights
- July 16, 2015
One of ISMTE's missions is to enhance the professional roles of those who manage peer review and Editorial Offices for academic and scholarly journals. In this article,…
- Editage Insights
- July 13, 2015