Publishing Research

High-quality scientific manuscripts should include accurate and rigorous statistical and data analyses, allowing other researchers to reproduce the findings presented. Although…

Ethics are the moral principles that a person must follow, irrespective of the place or time. Behaving ethically involves doing the right thing at the right time. Research ethics…

Academic researchers publish their work in academic journals. However, the number of women publishing research is significantly lesser in comparison to men. It is well known that…

A predatory publisher is usually an open access journal. They charge authors article processing fees. These predatory journals collect fees without doing any peer review. Many…

An invitation to peer review a journal article depends on a researcher’s area of expertise in the field. The handy checklist below provides a guide to researchers considering peer…

Academic publishing relies on peer review to ensure research quality. Is there bias in peer review? And if so, how does it affect academic research? A recent study examined the…

Peer review is essential to publishing quality articles. It can be difficult for editors to find reviewers for articles. Many scientists publish more articles than they review.…

There are thousands of journals in the world. How can you choose which one to publish in? One way is to select journals based on their quality. The Clarivate Analytics Journal…

The open access model has garnered support from scientific communities over the years.  OA allows members of the public to access the content without permission and paywall…

Traditionally, both informal and formal peer review happens before a paper is published in a journal (or a book). However, the peer review process is struggling to do its job…

You have just completed manuscript submission process for your target journal. The next steps would be initial review by the editor followed by the peer review by the invited…

With the ongoing CRISPR patent battle, there is no better time to refresh some important information on patenting inventions. Legally, technology transfer is defined as formal…