The research community relies on access to information in order to thrive. This is part of the reason behind the push towards open access. However, there is no shortage of academic research in the modern world. In excess of 4,000 primary…

All those who perform academic research will eventually want to publish their work. Primarily, the aim is to communicate the research findings in the best possible journal after benefitting from the peer review process2. In doing so, the…

It would be surprising to learn of a scientist whose work had not been rejected by an academic journal at some point in their career. Some of the most famous scientists have been honored and given awards for work that was initially…

In a recent study, researchers from different hospitals and research institutions in Sao Paolo, Brazil investigated the differences between researchers publishing in low-impact journals and those publishing in high-impact journals. Using a…

BMC Research Notes is a journal that publishes academic research, however, what sets this BioMed Central journal apart from other publishers is the fact that this journal focuses on data that would not traditionally be accepted by a…