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Apart from prestige and recognition, the Nobel Prize confers on its winners a significant cash award. What do the Nobel Laureates do with their prize money? Do they make…
Ever wondered how Nobel Laureates spend their prize money?
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I became curious about what kept researchers motivated on their journey. So I reached out to a few of them, looking for answers to a couple of simple questions: What…
 What motivates you to do research? 9 Researchers share their thoughts
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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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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…
Post-publication peer review and legal clashes: Should researchers be wary of commenting publicly?
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“Should I stay in academia or join the industry?” is a question every PhD student or postdoctoral researcher faces as he or she draw closer to completing research. This…
Academia or industry: Field-specific career options and trends for PhDs
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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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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…
China's performance in global R&D
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Transparency in reporting of research is essential for providing enough information about how the work was performed to allow others to replicate it. This post…
Transparency in research and reporting: Expanding the effort through new tools for authors and editors
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Peer review is perceived as one of the mainstays of scientific publishing. Papers that undergo the peer review process are held in high esteem since the quality of…
Is peer review really effective? The case of 120 withdrawn papers
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2014 has been an exciting year for scholarly publishing. Amidst these times of change, we interviewed experts in the publishing industry from across the world. All of…