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Hindawi partners with Editage to provide English-language editing services
Hindawi Publishing Corporation and Editage have announced a new partnership that will provide English-language editing to authors wishing to submit to Hindawi publications. September 26, 2016...
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The challenges and needs of early career professionals: An overview of SSP's...
Early career professionals face various challenges while trying to carve a successful career path for themselves. To understand their requirements and problems and help them overcome those, the Society...
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Bad peer review leads to repeated rejections: A case study
What happens when the same reviewer reviews your paper every time you submit and ruins the chances of its acceptance? Read on to find out.Case: An author’s paper was rejected by a journal after peer...
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Introduction to The Chicago Manual of Style and Scientific Style and Format
Introduction to The Chicago Manual of Style and Scientific Style and FormatThe Chicago Manual of Style is commonly used by authors writing academic manuscripts as it contains detailed guidelines on...
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How researchers can increase the visibility of their work with social media
Publishing your research in scholarly journals is important, but what may be even more important is getting the scientific information into everyday communication streams, that is, social media. This...
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Sucralose and cancer not linked, a study says
Sucralose is the choice of no-calorie sweetener for those who wish to keep their weight in check. However, many people have raised questions about how safe it is to consume sucralose and whether it is...
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Researchers confirm the universe is expanding uniformly
Cosmologists’ standard model of the universe assumes that the universe expands identically in all directions. A team of researchers at the University College London and Imperial College London proved...
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Tom Pacific
Tom Pacific is the current Publisher for Medicine® and works closely on the open access program at Wolters Kluwer.Tom Pacific is the current Publisher for Medicine® and works closely on the open access...
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Jayashree Rajagopalan
Jayashree Rajagopalan is a Senior Writer & Editor at Editage InsightsJayashree works on creating alternative resources about scholarly publishing such as videos, infographics, or SlideShares. She...
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Congratulations to the "Sentinels of Science"!
The Sentinels of Science awards, launched this year by Publons, recognizes the contribution of peer reviewers and editors.In keeping with this year’s theme of Peer Review Week - Recognition for Review...
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Academic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, September 2016
We’re here, with our list of the most interesting discussions of the month, handpicked by our editors. Besides Peer Review Week, which was highlight of the month, there were exchanges around Elsevier’s...
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Suspected predatory publisher OMICS acquires Canadian publishing companies
OMICS International, the India-based academic publisher, which is facing serious charges of unethical publishing practices and publishing junk science, has acquired two reputable Canadian publishing...
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What is the acceptance rate for revised manuscripts with a major revision...
Question Description: I received the following email from the editor: "Based on the reviewer comments received, I feel that your manuscript could be accepted for publication should you be prepared to...
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Nobel Laureate Takaaki Kajita: In my days, nobody felt rushed just because...
Dr. Takaaki Kajita, won the Nobel Prize in 2015 (jointly with Arthur McDonald) for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which solved the longstanding and perplexing Solar neutrino problem. Following...
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Why does the status date change while the status remains 'With Editor'?
Question Description: Dear Dr. Eddy, I submitted a manuscript to a journal in early September. After a couple of days, the status changed to 'With Editor.' After three weeks, the status date has...
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What documentation do I need to provide if I cite unpublished work?
Question Description: I have submitted a manuscript to the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and received the email below. However, I am not sure about the document which supports ”unpublished...
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Can economic research effectively influence policy?
Economists rarely agree with each other and sometimes contradict themselves. Understandably frustrated by the lack of conviction afflicting his economic advisers, President Truman famously asked for a...
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Celebrating the 2016 Nobel Prize winners
It’s that time again, when all eyes and ears are turned towards the most important announcements of the year – the Nobel Prizes. Let’s take a look at this year’s Nobel Laureates.It’s that time again,...
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6 Critical ethical principles associated with research in traditional medicine
The ethics of research in traditional medicine have recently been hotly debated. This post helps authors understand the ethical principles governing publication in traditional medicine journals by...
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8 Tips for presenting a paper at an academic conference
Presenting at an academic conference is an opportunity that most young researchers look forward to. However, addressing a large audience can make you feel nervous, at least the first few times. This...
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