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6 Tips for preparing impactful figures for a research manuscript
Figures are powerful visual tools that provide visual impact, more so than verbal descriptions. Using figures is an effective way of sharing your research findings. Here are some useful tips for...
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Lithium ion experiment proves Einstein’s ‘time dilation’ effect
Would a human traveling in a high-speed rocket age slowly than a human on Earth? An international group of scientists collaborated over 15 years to prove this phenomenon, which Einstein termed ‘time...
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So you got published. Now you need to promote your paper!
So you got published. Now you need to promote your paper!In this 3-minute video, Dr. Leslie Citrome explains why it is important for the author to promote the acceptance of his/her paper, what is the...
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Open access publishing: acting together with authors, editors, societies, and...
Join us for the last part of Dr. Sutton's interview in which she discusses how open access publishers are organizing themselves as an active force in the publishing community, why Co-Action Publishing...
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Is Earth’s water older than the Sun?
Could water have been one of the planet-forming materials in the Solar System? Ilsedore Cleeves, an astrochemist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, conducted a study wherein she created a...
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Editorial decision-making: what are the possible outcomes for a manuscript?
Once a manuscript is submitted to a journal, it goes through an initial screening process which involves a preliminary review by the journal editor. At this stage, the editor has to choose any one of...
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Can a thesis be revised and submitted to a journal?
Question Description: One of my colleagues suggested that I should revise my thesis paper and get it published as a journal article. Is this possible?Answer: It is possible to revise a thesis or a...
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3 "Principles of transparency" to help authors assess journal credibility
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) produces guidelines and documents that assist publishers, editors, and editorial board members in conducting themselves ethically and professionally in the...
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4 Basic reasons a peer reviewer might reject your manuscript
While working as a peer reviewer, I recently recommended rejection for three papers. I want to share the problems I spotted in the three papers to help other authors avoid rejection .1.While working as...
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Why do retracted papers continue to be cited though the research is discredited?
Retraction is a way of alerting the research community of a paper’s questionable credibility. So why are retracted papers cited?Retraction is a way of alerting the research community of a paper’s...
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Know your journal: European Heart Journal
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10 Golden rules for scholarly journal editors
This post, co-authored by Sylwia B. Ufnalska and Arjan K.S. Polderman, drafts a list of golden rules for editors.[This post is co-authored by Sylwia B. Ufnalska, freelance science translator and...
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2014 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for invention of blue LEDs
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura for inventing blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) which enabled the creation of white LEDs—more efficient...
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2014 Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine awarded to the discovery of 'place...
The Nobel Prize, established by the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, is coveted and acknowledged by scientists worldwide as the individuals upon whom this award is bestowed “shall have conferred the...
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2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for innovation in fluorescence microscopy
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three researchers “for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.” Eric Betzig of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia...
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Golden rules for scholarly journal editors
This post, co-authored by Sylwia B. Ufnalska and Arjan K.S. Polderman, drafts a list of golden rules for editors.[This post is co-authored by Sylwia B. Ufnalska, freelance science translator and...
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A three-step plan for the international development of Chinese scientific...
A pioneer in reforms and development of Chinese academic journals, Dr. Yan, over many years, has dedicated himself to the study of innovation in and internationalization of Chinese journals. He chairs...
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The expanding role of gastrointestinal nurses—from nursing to professional...
The stereotypical view of a nurse is a person who tends the sick, injured, or infirm. However, I have realized that there is much more to the role of gastroenterology and stoma care nurses than tending...
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Can a mother’s mitochondrial mutations shorten her offspring’s lifespan?
A study conducted by Jaime Ross, a neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute, US, suggests that the lifespan of a person is partly determined by the mitochondrial mutations he/she may inherit from the...
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Tracking your manuscript status in journal submission systems
Most journals have online submission systems, which have definitely made it easier and quicker for authors to submit their manuscripts. Once a manuscript is submitted, there is an online tracking...
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