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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…
He said, she said: 10 Great quotes from experts in scholarly publishing in 2014
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The 2019 Journal Citation Reports was released on 20 June, 2019. The report, which is a combination of impact and influence metrics along with data from Web of Science,…
Clarivate Analytics releases 2019 Journal Citation Reports
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Should access to academic research be free? In the past year, this seemingly moral issue took a legal twist with Elsevier suing the founder of Sci-Hub. This website…
Sci-Hub: The ongoing debate over piracy versus universal access to research
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The first Nobel Prize was awarded more than a century ago. With time, the scientific landscape has changed significantly and some academics feel that the rules for…
5 Reasons why academics feel the Nobel Prize should undergo a change
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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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Dr. Tim Hunt is renowned for his work on cell cycle regulation for which he won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Dr. Lee Hartwell and Dr. Paul…
The most difficult aspect of research is to find a good problem to work on, says Dr. Tim Hunt
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After Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biology, Lavanya Rajgopalan obtained a Ph.D. in Biophysics/Biochemistry in 2005, and proceeded to post-doctoral training and a…
"My goal is to make sure your manuscript is ready to go!"
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Journal rejection is considered a natural part of the publication process. However, top-tier journals are more inclined toward rejecting a paper than accepting it, which…
"Gotcha reviewing": Do journals err on the side of rejection rather than acceptance?
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The author describes common errors with style encountered in his editorial practice. These range from seemingly trivial errors with capitalisation and italicisation to…
Common errors to look out for in medical papers
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Anuradha Alahari holds a PhD degree in microbiology and has 20 years of diverse post-doctoral research experience in biochemistry, infectious diseases and neurobiology…