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Media outlets and journalists are often blamed for communicating exaggerated or distorted reports of scientific research to the public. However, a recent study has…
Publishers, governments, and learned societies the world over are faced with the intractable issue of academic corruption. A recently published article highlights some…
Is academic publishing falling prey to unethical practices?
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Much of the public understanding of scientific knowledge is dependent on mainstream media coverage of science. However, the media's representation of scientific research…
Two of UK's largest publishers have adopted patient peer review as part of their publication process for clinical/medical research. The process enables patients of…
Patient peer reviews: An unorthodox approach to clinical trial publication
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What does the term "big data" mean? Why is it being considered as an additional paradigm to science? In the recent years, the availability of large volumes of data has…
China’s contribution to global research has increased steadily and significantly. One of the main reasons for this increased visibility is China’s Science Citation Index…
Does China need to look beyond SCI?
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As an academic copyeditor who helps authors prepare journal-ready manuscripts on a daily basis, I work on a number of manuscripts that need to be formatted as per…
What should authors focus on—scientific inquiry or manuscript formatting?
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Academic research has become an increasingly competitive field, and a wide range of aspects such as funding structures, publishing prototypes, career prospects, and…
Challenges faced by postdoctoral researchers in the US and the UK
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2014 has been an exciting year for scholarly publishing. Amidst these times of change, we interviewed experts in the publishing industry from across the world. All of…
Data sharing and management are indeed extremely important in today's world. The scholarly community is trying to raise awareness and motivate researchers to share their…