The conflict between publishers and consortia around the world is showing no signs of ending. After the consortia (including universities and libraries) in Germany, France, and the Netherlands failed to renew their contracts with academic Read More
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Many authors consider lab work easier than writing a research paper. The main challenges they face while doing the latter include structuring the research paper and following the relevant style conventions. Apart from this, authors Read More
Note: Since the acquisition of UNSILO by Cactus Communications, Ada by Editage has been merged into UNSILO Evaluate. (May 18, 2018; Philadelphia, U.S.) – The scholarly communications landscape is quickly adopting new technologies and integrating automated solutions Read More
A few days ago, as I was musing about nothing in particular, the words of Dr Seuss flashed across my mind: “It has often been said there’s so much to be read, you never Read More
Statistics is a tool used for assessing relationships between two or more variables and evaluating study questions. Going a little deeper, biostatistics, a combination of statistics, probability, mathematics, and computing, is used to resolve problems Read More
Research is a systematic investigative process employed to increase or revise current knowledge by discovering new facts. It can be divided into two general categories: (1) Basic research, which is inquiry aimed at increasing scientific knowledge, Read More
On May 8, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal. The White House mentioned that it intends to reimpose strict economic sanctions that are targeted “to Read More
April had plenty in store for academics on Twitter. The month began with a tribute to the valuable contributions of libraries and librarians, followed by discussions around the March for Science movement and Mathematics and Read More
Late last month, North Korea vowed to shut down its nuclear test site, and the diplomatic talks that followed this move hinted at improved inter-Korea relations. These developments have led to optimistic speculations that North Read More
“A scientific publication is not the scholarship itself, it is merely advertising of the scholarship.” Reproducible Research for Scientific Computing: Tools and Strategies for Changing the Culture David Donoho (1998) I really like this quote. It Read More
