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Keeping the scholarly record sound - a journal editor's duty

In this segment of a three-part interview series, Dr. Irene Hames—an independent research-publication and peer-review specialist with over 30 years’ experience in…
Keeping the scholarly record sound - a journal editor's duty

The 2014 Kyoto Prize goes to a Japanese artist and two American scientists

The winners of the prestigious Kyoto Prize, Japan’s outstanding lifetime achievement award, have been announced for this year: 
The 2014 Kyoto Prize goes to a Japanese artist and two American scientists

Quality of author guidelines of journals in the biomedical and physical sciences

International journals solicit submissions from authors all over the world. But are these journals' author guidelines clear enough for nonnative English speakers? 
Quality of author guidelines of journals in the biomedical and physical sciences

What every scholar should know about the 2014 Kyoto Prize

The Kyoto Prize, Japan’s highest award presented annually for outstanding lifetime achievement, will be announced tomorrow, June 20, 2014. The internationally esteemed…
What every scholar should know about the 2014 Kyoto Prize

Moving from Authorship to "Contributorship" in Scholarly Publications: An SSP 2014 session - (Events)

Jeffrey Beall summarizes his opinions related to an interesting session titled "Understanding Contributor Roles in Scholarly Publications" held at the SSP 2014 meeting. 
Moving from Authorship to "Contributorship" in Scholarly Publications: An SSP 2014 session - (Events)

The peer review process: challenges and progress

In this second part of our interview, Dr. Hames discusses how the journal editorial process has evolved over the years, the dissatisfaction with the traditional peer…
The peer review process: challenges and progress

"A good English paper is the one that knows what it’s trying to achieve and how to do so."

Martin McCarvill holds a master’s degree in linguistics and has an experience of over seven years in academic writing, editing, and reviewing.
"A good English paper is the one that knows what it’s trying to achieve and how to do so."
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Publication ethics problems don't spare any discipline

"Many journals are not only seeing more problems, the cases also seem to be becoming more complex." Dr. Hames discusses how current ethical issues across the…
Publication ethics problems don't spare any discipline

New CrossMark service alerts readers to changes in published scholarly works: Highlights from a session at SSP 2014

We are familiar with the concept of "edition" in published books but what about scholarly articles? Jeffrey Beall reports his observations of a panel presentation…
New CrossMark service alerts readers to changes in published scholarly works: Highlights from a session at SSP 2014

Emerging trends in bogus metrics, the future of open access, and more

Watch the second part of our video interview with Jeffrey Beall, the man behind the famous Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers and the author of the Scholarly Open…