Publishing Research

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. As researchers, publishing our work is important for two main reasons. It helps us gain recognition for doing…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. Plan S is an exciting development for the research community. So what exactly is Plan S? The key goal of Plan S…

You can also listen to this article as an audio recording. Every researcher hopes that their work is essential, innovative, and perhaps most importantly, unique.…

Avril works her way through graduate schoolby working hard to complete courses, carry out research, and eventually earn her PhD. Consequently, she also earns an academic position…

Open access (OA) is a publishing model gaining in popularity. In the last five years, there has been a strong push from many major institutions to shift partially or fully to open…

In academic journals, there have been several ethical issues with respect to authorship. This is notably the case with articles having multiple authors. For example, a study done…

Academics understand the importance of publishing their work. Publications help researchers spread their ideas and gain recognition in their field. What some might not see is that…

Ghost authors — individuals that make a large contribution to a research article but are not listed as an author — appear to be common in large clinical trials. These clinical…

A literature review is a summary of studies related to a particular area of research. It identifies and summarizes all the relevant research conducted on a particular topic. It is…

The reproducibility crisis in research is not new to the scientific community. To demonstrate this phenomenon, cancer researchers attempted to reproduce studies published in highly…