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Protecting the identity of enrolled patients is of utmost importance in clinical studies. However, sometimes, if the study involves facial features, it can be difficult…
- Kakoli Majumder
- August 14, 2014
The policies concerning the need for ethical approval by an institutional review board or ethics committee can be different in different countries. This can unfairly…
- Kakoli Majumder
- June 2, 2015
Registration for clinical trials is a must for a study to be even considered for publication. Some journals follow the ICMJE guidelines for clinical trial registration…
- Kakoli Majumder
- January 13, 2015
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) defines a clinical trial as any research project wherein human subjects are prospectively assigned to an…
- Dr. Shazia Khanam
- October 16, 2013
Submitting compelling and novel content to a journal is only one element in having an article accepted for publication. The presentation and organization of your…
- Duncan MacRae
- September 18, 2015
The STAP stem cells situation, as I write this down, represents a can of worms whose lid has been pried open by scores of scholarly commentators, most of them active…
- Satyajit Rout
- March 11, 2014
At the beginning of each scholarly article, beneath the title, is a list of the authors. We get so used to writing our name, together with the names of our co-authors…
- Nick Rushby
- January 15, 2018
While reviewing an author’s manuscript, our publication expert observed that the result of an experiment seemed highly improbable and one of the images provided seemed…
- Editage Insights
- November 24, 2014
Before using animals for an experiment, you need to get approvals from relevant regulatory bodies and ethics boards. These bodies help ensure that animals used in…
- Dr. Radhika N.S.
- February 22, 2018
Most governments and the scientific community in general aim to have a humane approach towards animals used in research. Therefore, it is important for authors to follow…
- Kakoli Majumder
- June 1, 2016