scope and delimitations

Comments by peer reviewers and journal editors are meant to help authors improve their manuscript. Follow the three golden rules mentioned in this article when…

The Nature Publishing Group released The Nature Publishing Index 2012, China, in May, 2013. This index is based on papers published in the prestigious Nature group of journals. From this report,…

Having a hard time picking a suitable journal for your paper? Wondering how to avoid the pain of your paper not matching the journal's scope and the consequent delays…

Research papers go through a long and thorough process of peer review so that the published papers are free of errors and mistakes. Despite this, sometimes some errors…

Addressing peer reviewer comments is a daunting task for even the most experienced authors. Sometimes peer reviewers write long-winded comments, which make it…

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 “…

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…

The peer review process for journal publication is essentially a quality control mechanism. It is a process by which experts evaluate scholarly works, and its…

There are some common criteria you should consider when choosing a journal to publish in. Once you have a publication strategy in place, choose journals that meet all of your criteria.

The involvement of multiple individuals in different capacities naturally evokes the question of who should be credited and held accountable for the research published…