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How do journals evaluate book reviews: Perspectives from a book review editor

Dr. Kevin Steinmetz is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at Kansas State University. He was involved in starting the…
How do journals evaluate book reviews: Perspectives from a book review editor

Gender bias in academia more about attitude than aptitude

Women are making their presence felt in a traditionally male-dominated academic world. However, they are still underrepresented in fields such as political science,…
Gender bias in academia more about attitude than aptitude

Open peer review: A step towards open science?

Open science is zealously propagated by academicians in a bid to make scientific data and research widely accessible to the public. Apart from the need for researchers…
Open peer review: A step towards open science?

Editage and Canadian Science Publishing launch a co-branded partnership to offer pre-submission editing services

Editage, a global scientific communication services provider, and Canadian Science Publishing (CSP), a not-for-profit publisher, announced the start of a co-branded…
Editage and Canadian Science Publishing launch a co-branded partnership to offer pre-submission editing services
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PLOS ONE's new collection to report negative, null, and inconclusive results

Scientific reporting is inclined towards publishing positive findings, and research that reports negative results is usually frowned upon. However, recognizing the…
PLOS ONE's new collection to report negative, null, and inconclusive results

"Book reviews perform an important function for authors, readers, and the discipline as a whole."

Dr. Kevin Steinmetz is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Kansas State University. He was involved in starting the…
"Book reviews perform an important function for authors, readers, and the discipline as a whole."

Can awarding grants to early career researchers change the face of science?

Early career researchers struggle to receive grants because granting committees are known to favor esteemed and more established researchers. Does scientific innovation…
Can awarding grants to early career researchers change the face of science?

Nature journals to allow authors to opt for double-blind peer review

Nature Publishing Group announced in an editorial that it will soon offer authors an option to opt for double-blind peer review at the time of submission.
Nature journals to allow authors to opt for double-blind peer review

To share or not to share: What motivates researchers to share their data?

The benefits of sharing data are immense. Although most researchers agree that data sharing is the scientific ideal, there exists a widespread skepticism regarding…
To share or not to share: What motivates researchers to share their data?

"The style of scientific manuscripts published in Chinese and English, in addition to language, is quite different."

Top ranking scientist in clinical and molecular microbiology, Dr. Yi-Wei Tang, speaks to us about the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, an American Society for…