Publishing Research

Is it Maximizing Fake Revenues? Business schools teach the concept that when you have refined your model and proven that it generates profits, the worst thing to do is to sit back…

Although there are many researchers who are deeply committed to the highest standard of ethics, there are others who take advantage of the system and engage in scientific…

When you are conducting research under the pressure to "publish or perish," the likelihood that your findings will not be reproducible at the first attempt. The chances of such an…

Are We Obsessed with Applied Research? The debate between the respective merits of basic or pure research and applied research is a heated one, especially when research budgets…

What is a Hijacked Journal? After open access lowered publishing costs, threw the peer review process into complete turmoil, and made the latest research accessible worldwide, it…

Writing a paper is a lot of work: organizing the data, drawing the figures, writing everything from the experimental section to discussion in a clear and effective manner. However,…

Single academic journal options are reserved for the most esoteric scientific niches. Beyond that, most fields have several journals competing for an audience, typically one with…

The traditional peer review process is a vital part of scientific publication, though it is known to be imperfect. This has led to scientists and publishers debating new models…

Lincoln’s Law The False Claims Act, also known as “Lincoln’s Law” after the President who signed the legislation into law during the Civil War, was written to curb the rampant…

The quality of a journal’s papers is largely determined by the quality of its peer review. This screening mechanism is designed to ensure that the data and conclusions presented…

As a researcher's success depends on his ability to publish his work in an international peer-reviewed journal. For most researchers, completing the daunting task of conducting the…

Publish Anything for a Fee When the phenomenon of open access began over a decade ago, it was welcomed as a positive step in the dissemination of current scientific research…