Paid to Publish—the Chinese Cash Cow
In Western science culture, it is often expected that research will be done out of a desire to advance knowledge. It is not the norm for scientists to be given financial rewards…
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The Author’s Perspective on Peer Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The peer review process is vital for the production of scientific knowledge. But this cornerstone of science may be crumbling, increasingly weakened by a confluence of factors.…
Endnote’s Manuscript Matcher: A Quick Guide to Shortlisting Your Target Journal
Deciding on a target journal is a hard decision faced by all manuscript authors. This step has various stages, which involve carefully considering the scope and guidelines of the…
A Quick Guide on Using the DOAJ Database
What exactly is open access (OA) and what does it mean to publishers and researchers? There have been many articles about OA and its benefits, but briefly, open access simply means…
Video Research: Open Access Academic Video Journals
Open access publication has already altered the academic landscape vis a vis the final stage of research: publication. One such change stands as yet another means of communicating…
A Guide to Self-Archiving for Young Research Scientists
Openly available science is becoming increasingly lauded. As publication fees for open access journals and subscription cost skyrocket, self-archiving has become a trend and for…
Issue at Hand: Outcome Switching in Clinical Trials
Randomized clinical trials are widely accepted as the gold standard approach to test new line of drugs, therapies, or treatments. They reduce bias by randomly allocating patients…
Understanding the Regulations: GLP vs GCP vs GMP
The quality of data or goods resulting from scientific research must be held to high standards. For this reason, the GLP regulations, GCP guidelines, and GMP guidelines must be…
What Is a Camera-Ready Copy?
“Camera-ready” copy refers to the final stage of text, tables, and illustrations of a manuscript and includes proper formatting. What is submitted as camera ready is printed as it…
Smart Data Sharing: Which License Should you Choose?
Currently, researchers are finding that most funding agencies, organizations, and some professional journals, require data sharing as a condition of grants, awards, or for…
Should Data Sets Be Peer Reviewed?
Scientists publish peer-reviewed articles frequently–they make breakthroughs in research and share them with the world. These research projects also require data collection;…
How to Publish Your Medical Research in a Reputed Journal
High-quality research is essential for the development of any field of science, and this is particularly true for the medical sciences. Reputed academic journals play an important…