The use of tenses in a language as versatile as English can be rather confusing. The situation gets even more muddled when you have to decide which tense to use while writing a scientific research Read More
As a young researcher, stepping into the world of academic publishing can be overwhelming. There are so many things you need to do and remember! Moreover, journal publishing process might seem confusing. Here’s an Read More
Predatory publishers refer to those publishers that charge authors publication fees or guarantee them publication, often skipping the integral process of peer review. It is easy for researchers to fall prey to these unauthentic publishing Read More
Publishing a research paper can be a rather time consuming process, right from submission until the journal’s final decision. As an author, you can help to speed up this process by ensuring that you Read More
As a researcher you are under immense pressure to publish and one good way to start publishing is to convert your doctoral thesis into a journal article, after your PhD. Before you begin writing, it Read More
How confused do you feel when it comes to picking a reliable target journal for your research? Chances are you feel lost, and rightly so! The number of journals launched each year is on the Read More
Time seems to have flown by, and it’s 2017 already! It’s time once again to take stock of how things have been for us in the past year and begin afresh with gusto! The Read More
What if there were a real academic publication Santa! What would researchers ask Santa for? We came up with a few whacky wishes we thought researchers would have for their academic publication Santa. If you Read More
Editor’s Note: This infographic was originally published in 2016 and has been refreshed for Open Access Week 2017. All of the numbers in the infographic have been updated as of October 2017. Open access policies and mandates Read More
A postdoctoral position generally brings with it a lot of unanticipated challenges, and often, researchers find it very difficult to cope with them because they are unprepared. Moreover, if researchers are unable to convert their Read More