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The Nobel Prize, established by the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, is coveted and acknowledged by scientists worldwide as the individuals upon whom this award is…
2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine awarded to the discovery of 'place cells' in brain
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This year's Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura for inventing blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) which enabled the…
This post, co-authored by Sylwia B. Ufnalska and Arjan K.S. Polderman, drafts a list of golden rules for editors.
Golden rules for scholarly journal editors
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Everything you need to know to submit to the European Heart Journal.
Retraction is a way of alerting the research community of a paper’s questionable credibility. However, retracted papers continue to have an ‘afterlife’, in the form of…
Why do retracted papers continue to be cited though the research is discredited?
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This article shares an editor's experience and views on why papers get rejected. Read on to find out how authors can avoid their manuscript from getting rejected. 
If you are planning to get published and are looking for target journals, you should ensure that the journals are authentic. This article provides expert tips that will…
3 "Principles of transparency" to help authors assess journal credibility
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Once a manuscript is submitted to a journal, it goes through an initial screening process which involves a preliminary review by the journal editor. At this stage, the…
Editorial decision-making: what are the possible outcomes for a manuscript?
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Figures are powerful visual tools that provide visual impact, more so than verbal descriptions. Using figures is an effective way of sharing your research findings. Here…
In research manuscripts, tables are used to present numerical data, summarize existing literature, present survey questions, or indicate similarities or differences…