2017

PubPub is an open collaborative publishing tool devised by three Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate students: Travis Rich, Thariq Shihipar, and David Moinina Sengeh. They believed that it was time for a true revolution in…

Academic publishing is still largely the domain of traditional academic journals. Academics understand the impact of their work when published in an established and prestigious peer-reviewed journal. It means esteem for the work, for them,…

Scientists Working Together Collaboration is undoubtedly a powerful tool. Bringing groups of scientists together with different skill sets makes it possible to answer complex research questions. The continuous movement of scientists…

Academic researchers present their discoveries to the scientific community by publishing papers in academic journals. In order to be able to do the work that contributes to these publications, scientists live in the highly competitive world…

In the process of academic research, the data obtained by researchers can only mean something when it gets published. Part of the publishing process involves being able to generate scientific images and figures that represent the findings.…

Do “bacteria actually prefer XYZ as a growth medium”? Do “cows in the United States prefer to ‘socialize’ when they eat”? Or do “yeast strains found in rich soil regularly attack each other”? If you, as an academic writer, have said “yes”…

In the past decade, the usage of the term “social media” seems to have increased greatly. Websites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn represent one way in which people can interact online to build various types of relationships. There is…

Multiple platforms have appeared over the past decade for the online deposition of pre-publication scientific articles. Will they durably change the traditional academic publishing panorama? Pre-prints and the Diffusion of Scientific…

The rapid shift from print to digital publishing in the last decade has ushered in an unprecedented growth in scholarly journals and overall publications. Many in academia, particularly early career researchers, feel increasingly…

Peer review plays an important role in academic publishing, giving authors of research papers a validation of their work and providing readers with reliable, high-quality content. Although there are some concerns about its practice, peer…