Publishing Research

While choosing a journal to target for your next publication, what do you consider? There are many important factors to keep in mind. Your research must, of course, be relevant to…

Every researcher aims to publish their work in a high impact journal. However, publishing research is no easy task, and manuscript rejection is a common occurrence in academic…

The debate in the research community over whether and how to transition from the subscription model to open access (OA) continues to rage. Recently, mirror journals are proposed as…

It is September and Peer Review Week celebrations are on! But before we go ahead with our planned activities, let us have a flashback of the celebrations for the last four years.

It is that time of the year when we celebrate the process of peer review with a week-long celebration of the Peer Review Week (PRW). The scholarly publishing community is now aware…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. Last week, I began to do some basic research for a new project I am planning. Of course, like every other…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. You aim to publish your work in an accredited, peer-reviewed journal. This means that others in your field gave…

The work that scientists do is vital in many ways. It helps society progress in the fields of medicine, climate change, physics, and beyond. Unfortunately, scientific misconduct is…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. Research in China has grown exponentially over the past two decades. The USD 9.1 billion investment that China…

Research misconduct describes a wide variety of immoral behaviors, including corrupt or unethical research methods, denying or claiming unfair authorship, plagiarism, data…