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We should persuade scientists to reimagine their relationship with the public

Richard Poynder is an independent journalist/blogger with a particular interest in open access and its perception and application across different sections of academia…
We should persuade scientists to reimagine their relationship with the public
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Tips on using major headings, subheadings, minor headings in research papers

Why it is important to fomat headings clearly and consistently? This post explains how appropriately formatting the headings increases the readability and clarity of the…
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Accepting a peer review invitation: Tips for first-time peer reviewers

As researchers publish more papers, their credibility as authors builds up, and they start getting invitations from editors to review papers. However, authors receiving…
Accepting a peer review invitation: Tips for first-time peer reviewers

Government screening mandatory for Russian research to be eligible for publishing

Academic freedom has become a hot topic of discussion among Russian scientists as a recent amendment in law by the Russian government states that research manuscripts…
Government screening mandatory for Russian research to be eligible for publishing

Perspectives of Chinese researchers on open access and open data

The scientific community is steadily moving toward open science. Even publishers are joining this “open” trend. China, being the country with the second largest research…
Perspectives of Chinese researchers on open access and open data

The research deposited in repositories is not always freely or easily available

Richard Poynder is an independent journalist/blogger with a particular interest in open access and its perception and application across different sections of academia…
The research deposited in repositories is not always freely or easily available

Increased openness is the best way to tackle ethical problems in research and publishing

Richard Poynder is an independent journalist/blogger with a particular interest in open access and its perception and application across different sections of academia…
Increased openness is the best way to tackle ethical problems in research and publishing

While free content is to be welcomed, the way it is paid for can create new problems

Richard Poynder is an independent journalist/blogger with a particular interest in open access and its perception and application across different sections of academia…
While free content is to be welcomed, the way it is paid for can create new problems

Using altmetrics to showcase the influence of your work to funders: A case study

This case study taken from The Evolution of Impact Indicators: From bibliometrics to altmetrics, a free ebook co-produced by Scholastica and Altmetric, explains how a…
Using altmetrics to showcase the influence of your work to funders: A case study

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery: Quick facts and submission tips

This post provides details for authors who wish to submit to The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.