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The impact factor is one of the most discussed topics in the publishing and scientific community. Thomson Reuters assigns most journals a yearly impact factor (IF),…
The advance and decline of the impact factor
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Without doubt, all eyes in the academic publishing industry are on the Asia-pacific region now. And this is not surprising, as over the last few years, this region has…
Japan’s changing position in global science
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Ghost authorship has been one of the persistent problems in medical writing, which this article discusses in detail. 
Should ghost writers be given credit for their work or eliminated from science?
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How can you measure the quality of a research paper? More importantly, how can you determine whether your research is making an impact and is considered important? An…
Using citation analysis to measure research impact
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The number of publications to a researcher’s credit seems to matter more than the quality of the work done. How did the publishing industry get to this point? How can…
Navigating through the pressure to publish
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If you are reading this article, chances are that you know at least one language other than English. Yet, when it comes to writing about your research and, more…
Statistics on the predominance of English in the number of journals, the number of publications, the number of publishers, and so on are easy to find and speak for…
Why does English dominate science publishing?
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Publication bias refers to a phenomenon in scientific reporting whereby authors are more likely to submit and journal editors are more likely to publish studies with …
Publication and reporting biases and how they impact publication of research
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This article discusses the latest available statistics on China’s progress in R&D, based on a global publishing report released by Thomson ReutersTM in February 2013…
Wouldn’t it be interesting to know what the academic world thinks of open access (OA) publishing and related topics, such as peer review, licensing, re-use, and metrics?…