Master the Skills of Citing Business Sources in APA Style
Style guides provide guidelines for citations and references depending on the discipline. The American Psychological Association (APA) is one organization that provides the format…
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Open Citations: Who’s Citing Who in Peer Reviewed Journals?
Scholars and publishers of open access journals alike thrive on the constant publication and dissemination of research. At its core, journal articles represent the advancement of…
Factors That Influence How Often You Are Cited
As a researcher, you probably spend a lot of time with papers—either reading the work of others or preparing your own research for submission to a journal. By one estimate, about…
Tips for Citing Figures and Tables in a Manuscript
During the preparation of your research article or thesis, you may choose to include figures and tables to illustrate key points. Similar to using information from a journal or…
Key Steps to Proper Citation in a Manuscript
The process of scientific research is inextricably linked to the results of published work. Scientists frequently design their own experiments based on the findings of others.…
CiteScore: Accessible Analytics or Misleading Metrics?
In December 2016, Elsevier introduced a new metric for journals called CiteScore™ which is a part of Scopus—the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed…
Primer on Coercive Citation in Academic Publishing
There are plenty of methods for senior personalities to include their names in academic journals, even without participating in researches. There are also many ways to force…
What Is the Value of Citation Metrics?
What are Citation Metrics?
The extent to which a research paper or academic text is cited in other pieces of academic work such as papers, thesis, dissertations, or other texts…
Impact Factor, H-Index, Altmetrics, Tweets: What People Say About Your Work
Distinction or Popularity?
As researchers toil away at building a career, they are constantly presented with requirements to establish and justify their expertise in their…
Is Research Advancement Based on Quality or Quantity?
When new undergraduate students contemplate the academic career path ahead of them, the journey can appear to be quite steep. Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree enables…
Is the Day of the Citation over?
Rankings are Forever?
For decades, eager young researchers with a new article or paper to submit have been directed towards specific journals in their field based upon their…
Have You Calculated Your H-Index?
As an academic researcher, the quality of your research publications has traditionally been measured by the prestige of the journals in which your work has been published. The…