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What are the most worrying problems facing modern research?
It a general assumption that fraud and plagiarism are some of the most concerning problems facing modern research, but are there more detrimental problems plaguing science? Read on to know what a group...
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8 Tips to increase the reach of your research in 2017
Today, being an academic brings with it the added responsibility of promoting your research in order to generate and demonstrate impact. This post explains how you could develop a promotional checklist...
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Increase the reach of your research – Things to do before and after publication
This post contains a list of things you need to do to start promoting your work. This checklist should help you list all your ideas and channels of promotion in one place so that you’re able to keep...
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Effective networking tips for early career researchers
"How can I interact with highly experienced scientists as a mere student?" This is a question many students and early career researchers face when they attend conferences. This article provides simple...
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Researchers create the most tightly knotted physical structure ever
A team of researchers at The University of Manchester led by Professor David Leigh in Manchester's School of Chemistry have been successful in producing the most complex regular woven molecule. They...
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Bacteria advertise to recruit new members to their community, new study suggests
Biologists at University of California, San Diego, have discovered that bacteria living in biofilm communities interact with each other using “ion channels,” which is an electrical signaling method...
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I'm unclear about the future of my submission. Can you guide me?
Question Description: I submitted a manuscript and received comments from three reviewers. One of them recommended publication after addressing minor issues. The other two recommended rejection because...
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Yateendra Joshi
Yateendra Joshi has over 25 years of experience editing technical documents and is an accredited editor with Diplomate status certified by the Board of Editors in Life Sciences. As an academic...
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David Kipler
David Kipler is a specialist in biomedical communications for pharmaceutical companies, journals, and authors. His enduring professional focus is helping researchers whose first language is not English...
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My article got rejected after the journal editor changed. What should I do?
Question Description: Dear Dr. Eddy, My article was submitted to a journal last year and has undergone three rounds of reviews. For the first round, I recieved a major revision and for the next two...
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Can we fix the reproducibility crisis that is plaguing science?
Lack of reproducibility is one of the biggest challenges facing science. In this opinion piece, Ira Krull discusses his views on whether there is a way to rectify this problem. In my 30 years of...
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Beall's list of "predatory" publishers and journals no longer available
Scholarly Open Access, a popular blog that listed questionable journals and publishers, has recently been taken down. The blog was maintained by Jeffrey Beall since 2008 who is an academic librarian at...
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The Reproducibility Project's first findings highlight reproducibility crisis
The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology has made available the results of the first five studies it attempted to replicate, and their report has taken the world of biology by storm. The findings...
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3D bioprinter to print functional human skin
Can a printer print out human skin? A team of researchers belonging to the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), CIEMAT (Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research), Hospital...
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Commonly found synthethic chemicals disrupt physiological processes
The University of Buffalo researchers have studied the effect of commonly found synthetic chemicals on human health. Insecticides and garden products such as carbaryl (the third most widely used...
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Hani Kim
Hani Jieun Kim is a BELS- and AMWA-certified editor with a master’s degree in biological sciences. She has over 5 years of experience editing research papers and has been helping both authors and...
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Have you chosen the right keywords for your research paper?
71373045Most academic journals, search engines, and indexing & abstracting services classify papers using keywords. Choosing the right keywords will help make you paper searchable, thus helping...
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Does a direct 'Decision in Process' status indicate rejection?
Question Description: I submitted a paper to Elsevier on Oct. 21, 2016. The status became “Under Editor Evaluation” on Jan. 18, 2017, and then “Decision in Process” on Jan. 22. I thought some revision...
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Can I show my irritation to a journal that takes a long time for peer review?
Question Description: I have completed my master's thesis. I wanted to get it accepted before my graduation, so I submitted it to a BMC online journal whose process for peer review and publication is...
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Should I accept an invitation to publish my journal article as a book?
Question Description: Dear Dr. Eddy, I received from a certain Lambert Academic Publishing an invitation to publish one of my research articles published in a journal in the form of a printed book. The...
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