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On August 18, Springer announced that it has retracted 64 articles from 10 of its subscription-based journals after discovering that the reviews of these papers were…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- August 18, 2015
Dr. Shinichiro Takezawa is the founder of Science Postprint (SPP), Asia’s first open access scholarly journal. Dr. Takezawa is also the CEO of the Japan-based company…
- Editage Insights
- August 17, 2015
Getting published isn’t magic; it’s a process. You don’t need to be Houdini! Just follow a few simple rules, submit to the appropriate journal for your study, and take…
- Ian Burgess
- August 17, 2015
Two Californian universities, the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Southern California, are in a legal dispute over rights to the…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- August 6, 2015
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With collaboration and mobility becoming the norm in research, there are cases where a manuscript might have more than one corresponding author. Do journals allow this?…
- Kakoli Majumder
- August 1, 2015
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Predatory scholarly conferences pose a new threat to scholarly communications as researchers find themselves inundated with spam emails soliciting their attendance at…
- Jeffrey Beall
- July 29, 2015
Professor Peter Higgs is the latest recepient of the Copley Medal, the world’s oldest scientific prize, for his pioneering work on the theory of Higgs boson. This…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 26, 2015
Clinical trials are an important research tool for advancing medical knowledge and healthcare. This article aims to guide you through all the different aspects of a…
- Kakoli Majumder
- July 24, 2015
Peer review and quantitative metrics are the two most prominent methods of evaluating the quality and impact of research. However, the recent surge in the importance…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- July 23, 2015
In the wake of an impending economic crisis, the Brazilian government is walking down the path of austerity with respect to federal budget and expenditure. This…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- July 23, 2015