This infographic depicts the journey of a manuscript from submission to publication in the conventional publishing model that includes the blinded peer review process.
US President Donald Trump, announced last week that the US intends to pull out of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and would no longer fulfill the pledges it took as part of the Agreement. This…
Axios Review, an independent non-profit peer review service announced that the company plans to shut down and, effective immediately, they will stop accepting further submissions from March 1. This…
Gert Storms, a consulting editor for an American Psychological Association (APA) journal was asked to resign after refusing to review a paper because the author declined his request to share the…
Given the increasing number of predatory journals and publishers, it is difficult for researchers to verify the authenticity of their target journal. The Think Check Submit checklist helps them…
As you brace yourselves to face a new spate of challenges in academic writing and publication in the coming year, we want to support you in your journey with some handy tips. These will, hopefully,…
The library of National Taiwan University (NTU) published a notice on its website saying that from 2017, it planned to discontinue its subscriptions to Elsevier’s ScienceDirect journals, citing high…
The theme of Peer Review Week 2016 was "Recognize Review," and the global scholarly publishing community got together to talk about recognizing or incentivizing peer reviewers. Celebrating the theme…
This infographic presents the number and distribution of open access policies and mandates acrosss the globe. The data has been sourced from the Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and…
It’s that time again, when all eyes and ears are turned towards the most important announcements of the year – the Nobel Prizes. Let’s take a look at this year’s Nobel Laureates.