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Academic publishing advice from industry experts
561207662015 was a busy year for the academic publishing world, with many trend-setting practices, significant discoveries, and innovations. During the year, we spoke to several experts from the...
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Gender of alligator embryos is temperature dependent
An international team of researchers belonging to Japan and the US studying American alligators found the presence of TRPV4, a thermosensitive protein, in alligator embryos. Found in the gonads of the...
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Computer model maps cancer-causing proteins''social networks'
Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have designed a unique computer model to understand how cancer-causing proteins behave, which is based on how social networking works. Comparing...
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What are your publication goals for 2016?
As the scholarly publishing community looks forward to dealing with new developments and emerging trends, researchers the world over brace themselves to better manage publication pressures. So have you...
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Can I correct an error in citation at the page proof stage?
Question Description: My paper has been accepted, but I found one reference cited on Discussion was wrong. Can I correct the reference at page proof stage? There is no change for the contents.Answer:...
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4 New elements make their way into the periodic table
On December 30, the US-based International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), announced that the claims of discovery of elements 113, 115, 117, and 118 were verified and that they would now...
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Retraction notices: Stepping stones to science's self-correcting nature
While the phenomenon of retraction has received a lot of attention from the scientific community, what has not received enough eyeballs are retraction notices. Most journals do not provide the reasons...
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Foul play in scientific publishing: The phenomenon of academic papers being...
With science becoming increasingly competitive, every published paper is seen as a step up the ladder of success. Thus, blocking or delaying publication of an academic paper has become a way for...
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Should I cite the primary sources if I have come across them in a secondary...
Question Description: When I read through an introduction of an original article by author S(2001), I found it a good source for my literature search. For instance, I came across the following...
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Is submitting two similar papers in different languages duplicate submission...
Question Description: I wrote one Chinese paper and one English paper. The content in both the papers is quite similar, and I have submitted them around the same time. Now that both may be accepted...
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Editage Insights: Behind the scenes
Editage Insights - behind the scenes2016 is here! And it's the perfect time to introduce you to the Editage Insights team. Watch this video to know more about how the Editage Insights team works hard...
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The importance of avoiding salami slicing in publications: A case study
The pressure to publish or perish can make authors desperate to increase their publication count. However, being tempted to divide a single study and publish it as multiple articles can lead to...
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Two research teams in a legal battle over CRISPR patent ownership
A fierce legal battle has ensued between two research groups over the patenting rights of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique. CRISPR, short for ‘clustered regularly-interspaced short palindromic...
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Drug-resistant cancer treated with 50 percent less drug dosage
Paclitaxel is a highly effective drug that is commonly used to treat breast, lung, and pancreatic cancer. However, due to the high dose required, patients experience severe side effects such as muscle...
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ASASSN-15lh: The most luminous object observed ever puzzles astronomers
The All Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN), a project that comprises small telescopes worldwide to observe the universe for any bright objects, has detected an extremely luminous body that...
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How to write a literature review
57168292A literature review is a critical summary of all the published works on a particular topic. Most research papers include a section on literature review as part of the introduction. However, a...
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How long does a paper remain at the 'Decision in Process' status?
Question Description: I have submitted one study to an Elsevier journal around the end of November. The status changed to 'Under review' for 3 weeks and then turned to 'Under Editor Evaluation' around...
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The future of publishing: New tools to make the publication process smoother
Matias Piipari is the CEO and co-founder of the recently launched Manuscripts, an app that helps researchers write and easily navigate and structure complex research papers. Matias is also the CTO of...
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Editage and Axios Review collaborate to offer high-quality editing and peer...
Editage has collaborated with Axios Review through which customers of Editage and Axios Review can access discounted services—high-quality editing and translation services from Editage, and peer review...
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Clinical trial in France goes wrong; 1 participant dies, 5 others hospitalized
In a tragic incident, a clinical trial of an experimental drug being conducted in France went wrong, causing the death of one volunteer and neurological complications in five others. Bial, a Portuguese...
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