Reporting Research

A growing share of researchers use external help to prepare manuscripts: in one recent survey of clinical researchers, about half reported always using professional…

Average reference counts in academic articles have risen substantially: across many disciplines, the number of references per research article grew from about 29 in 2003 to…

Peer review remains the linchpin of scholarly publishing, yet the system’s “black-box” reputation is increasingly at odds with the transparency goals of open science. Recent…

A recent global survey found that roughly one in three researchers had used AI to edit or otherwise help prepare manuscripts, and many respondents understand the need for…

Thesis writing is the culmination of years of research, but the way you present that work determines whether your ideas persuade examiners, reviewers, and readers. For PhD…

A surprising proportion of submitted manuscripts trigger intellectual property (IP) concerns during journal screening: a case-study analysis of 400 consecutive submissions found…

Many journals desk‑reject a substantial share of submissions during initial editorial screening studies and publisher reports commonly show desk‑rejection rates in the tens of…

Unintentional plagiarism remains a persistent risk in scholarly writing and it shows up at all career stages. Even inadvertent textual similarity can trigger desk rejection, damage…

Recent evaluations of generative AI show a worrying pattern: many AI systems produce plausible-looking but incorrect or entirely fabricated bibliographic references. In one…

A common assumption in academic publishing is that a double-blind peer review process reliably hides author identities and so reduces bias. Yet evidence and recent experiments show…

Journal selection matters more than journal prestige. While many researchers default to “top‑quartile” (Q1) journals because of perceived prestige, this single metric can mislead…

"Did you know that applying the scientific method to your research significantly boosts the credibility and reproducibility of your findings? According to studies indexed in…