ResearchGate Gets Funding from Gates and Wellcome Trust
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Artificial Intelligence and Nano: The Perfect Match
The field of nanotechnology, much like the rest of scientific research, has seen an exponential increase in the number of research papers available. Keeping up to date with the…
World Pi Day!
Pi is an irrational number having a value of 3.14159 and is a symbolic representation of the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. This number was devised by the Greek…
Understanding the Peer Review Process: An Interview With Michael Willis (Part 2)
In the final part of this interview series, we discuss the increase in the number of retractions as well the future challenges for the academic publishing industry and the current…
Understanding the Peer Review Process: An Interview With Michael Willis (Part 1)
In this interview, Enago’s Kuntan Dhanoya (Vice President, Business Development) had the opportunity to speak with Michael Willis, Senior Manager, Peer Review at a leading…
An Insight into Manuscript Editing Processes: An Interview With Dr. Candace Pettus (Part 2)
In the second part of our interview, we continue our conversation with Dr. Pettus and discuss with her the advantages of providing editorial suggestions to her clients. She also…
Scientometrics Pioneer Dr. Eugene Garfield Passes Away
Dr. Eugene Garfield started out as a chemist before learning that people were being employed in the field of literature searching. At the time, researchers were not overly…
An Insight into Manuscript Editing Processes: An Interview With Dr. Candace Pettus (Part 1)
In this interview, we have a discussion with Dr. Candace Pettus, an editor at Enago. Dr. Pettus has a versatile background, with a major in Biochemistry from the University of…
March for Science: Should Scientists Become Activists?
Under most circumstances, scientists have chosen to stay out of the political arena choosing to let the data speak for themselves. However, some of the plans of the Trump…
Figshare and Springer Nature Bring Supplementary Data to Life
It has been said that the supplementary section of a paper is where data goes to die. This information is not with the main paper, isn’t subject to peer review, and tends to not…
Journal of Alternative Facts: It’s About Time!
Do we really want to wade through endless pages of scientific data compiled by researchers over several years, even decades, to determine whether a chemical compound in food is…
Recommended: A Lifeline for Researchers
The research community relies on access to information in order to thrive. This is part of the reason behind the push towards open access. However, there is no shortage of academic…