Ten Reasons Why Elsevier Journals Reject Your Article
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Publishing is a critical part of any successful researcher’s career. But getting published in well-known and…
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Want to Publish in PLOS Journals? Here’s What You Need to Know
“Getting rejections from top tier journals is very frustrating because publication is key to getting your findings known, as well as for obtaining grants,” says Yvonne…
An Editor-in-Chief’s Take: Addressing Post Acceptance/Publication Changes of Manuscripts
Requests to make alterations to manuscripts after they have been accepted is very rare. Editors do not maintain a systematic record of such cases. Therefore it is difficult to say…
Why Researchers Need to Work Towards Equal Authorship
In the past, authorship lacked a clear set of guidelines and sometimes excluded individuals who had contributed to a paper. The hierarchy of first author, second author, and…
Preproducibility Preceeds Reproducibility in Research
Reproducibility is vital to research practice. Fundamentally, it means that different researchers use the same method, under the same conditions, and they should get similar…
Scientific Posters: An Effective Way of Presenting Research
Scientific publications such as manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and oral presentations aid in disseminating clinical data to the scientific world and maintain transparency of the…
Chasing the P-Value: Statistical Significance and the Perils of P-Hacking
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In the world of research, we learn about the importance of statistical significance. The p-value (the p…
“Statistical Significance” a Term of the Past?
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What do you do when you are trying to decide if your treatment is effective?
In your research study,…
Checklist: Guide For Writing a Successful GPF Application Essay
This checklist will guide the students through the GPF application writing and submission process. GPF or Global PhD Fellowship is organized by Korean Research Foundation. This…
Hybrid Journals – Are Publishers Double Dipping?
Free access to research is essential to the growth of a field. It allows all researchers – including those who cannot afford journal subscriptions – access to information. This…
3 Ways to Effectively Manage a Research Grant
After putting in grueling weeks and months preparing your grant proposal, there is nothing better than clicking on that email that says your work has paid off; you got the grant!…
How to Avoid Run-on Sentences in Academic Writing
When writing a paper, are you more focused on ideas or writing style? For most people, the focus is on the ideas they discuss. As a result, one thing that might get lost while…