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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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Dr. Elisabeth Bik is a microbiome and science integrity consultant and founder of the Microbiome Digest blog. Dr. Bik’s pro bono efforts to help identify instances of…
I have found about 2,000 problematic papers, says Dr. Elisabeth Bik
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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 The case of 120 withdrawn papers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…
He said, she said: 10 Great quotes from experts in scholarly publishing in 2014
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The 2019 Journal Citation Reports was released on 20 June, 2019. The report, which is a combination of impact and influence metrics along with data from Web of Science,…
Clarivate Analytics releases 2019 Journal Citation Reports
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Should access to academic research be free? In the past year, this seemingly moral issue took a legal twist with Elsevier suing the founder of Sci-Hub. This website…
Sci-Hub: The ongoing debate over piracy versus universal access to research
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The first Nobel Prize was awarded more than a century ago. With time, the scientific landscape has changed significantly and some academics feel that the rules for…
5 Reasons why academics feel the Nobel Prize should undergo a change
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Academic research has become an increasingly competitive field, and a wide range of aspects such as funding structures, publishing prototypes, career prospects, and…