Mriganka Awati

Senior Writer

Mriganka writes, reviews, and plans educational or informational content aimed at researchers worldwide

Case study: Avoiding submission to a hijacked journal

Learn how you can take simple steps to avoid submitting your paper to a hijacked journal. This case study is based on an actual experience with a fake journal deceptively posing as an authentic one.

How patient engagement can enrich medical studies and literature: Interview with Clarinda Cerejo

To mark the occasion of World Health Day, we speak with patient expert Clarinda Cerejo to understand how medical researchers can involve patients in the research and publication process and how this improves outcomes and benefits healthcare.

Shubha Tole on the PhD journey – from learning to ask questions to finding mentors

Shubha Tole, Principal Investigator at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, talks about what a PhD journey actually involves, how PhD students can cultivate connections with those who can guide them through this journey, and how mentors/seniors can support them.

Open access initiatives and challenges from a society publisher’s perspective: Interview with Stacey Burke

Publishers play a central and crucial role in this transformation to an open access world. So, to gain insights into some of the challenges faced and progress made with these efforts, we invited views from Stacey Burke, Publications Director of Digital, Marketing & Library Relations at the American Physiological Society (APS).