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The pressure to publish has led some authors to exploit the peer review system and indulge in peer review rigging. These scandals have prompted discussions among experts…
Can the high host specificity of phages be used to our advantage, in order to establish a preventive and therapeutic method for some chronic diseases?
Phage therapy: A novel therapeutic strategy for chronic diseases
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Post-publication peer review is considered by some experts as one of ways of preserving scientific integrity since published research is open to the scrutiny of all…
Although China is among the world leaders in scientific output, the Chinese research system has been struggling to resolve many basic problems in research management. To…
Will China's efforts to reform its research system make it a global scientific force?
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While peer review is considered as an integral part of validating the soundness of science, peer reviewing has remained a largely unacknowledged task. The recently…
Is the Publons system of recognition the way forward for peer review?
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It takes several months to years for a researcher to publish a paper. A commonly cited reason for delayed publication is that the peer reviewers often recommend that…
Is reviewers' demand for more experiments justified?
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In the ever-expanding academic literature pool, health-related academic journal publications authored by nurses are very rare. In this post, Jolene Menezes, Editor of…
The importance of encouraging nurses to publish in scholarly journals
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The stereotypical view of a nurse is a person who tends the sick, injured, or infirm. However, I have realized that there is much more to the role of gastroenterology…
Retraction is a way of alerting the research community of a paper’s questionable credibility. However, retracted papers continue to have an ‘afterlife’, in the form of…
Over the years in Brazil, open access has emerged as a favorable solution to help increase the visibility of Brazilian researchers in the global research arena, and the…