Infographics

Peer review is essential to ensure the quality of research that is published in academic journals. It ensures manuscript and journal quality and is, therefore, a crucial aspect of…

Principal Investigators (PIs) play an important role in scientific research. They are primarily responsible for managing a team of young researchers/experienced technicians. PIs…

Submitting your research work to predatory journals/conferences can adversely affect your research career. However, many researchers are unable to distinguish between legitimate…

Choosing an appropriate research title is necessary to draw readers’ attention. It instantly helps readers decide if they would be interested in reading further. This SmartShort…

Researchers spend a lot of quality time reading and rigorously performing experiments in the laboratory. Amidst their tight schedule, they also take breaks from their daily routine…

It is important for researchers to publish their research work in high-impact and high-quality peer-reviewed journals. The SCImago Journal & Country Rank website can prove…

A PhD is the highest qualification that one can have and is essential for a career in academia. However, there are many challenges to getting academic jobs, and many PhDs have…

Readers finish reading the entire research article only when it grabs their attention. Several factors play a critical role in capturing the readers’ attention and ensuring a high…

In the process of academic research, the data obtained by researchers can only mean something when it gets published. Scientific images or figures are very useful to convey the…

Literature review plays a critical part in any research study. It helps researchers narrow the knowledge in a given field of study. In addition, it allows researchers to identify…

In the first and the second part of the open access (OA) infographic series, we discussed popular open access journals across different disciplines and shared eye-opening…

In the first infographic of the open access (OA) series, we shared the names of popular OA journals across different disciplines. However, the OA movement has more dimensions to…