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What should authors focus on—scientific inquiry or manuscript formatting?
Manuscript formatting has been an integral part of journal submission and authors spend considerable time and effort formatting their manuscripts to meet journal requirements and if their manuscript is...
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Does China need to look beyond SCI?
Over the last few years, China’s contribution to global research has increased steadily and significantly. One of the main reasons for this increased visibility is China’s Science Citation Index (SCI)...
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Can someone who is not a co-author help me revise my paper?
Question Description: I am a non-native speaker of English and this is my first article. My manuscript has been conditionally accepted, with a request for major revisions. Most of the revisions...
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Which personal pronoun should be used in a single-author paper?
Question Description: I am writing a single-author paper. I have used "we" in many places in my writing. Will this be considered grammatically incorrect? I am not sure if I should use "I" throughout...
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Teixobactin, a potential drug discovered from 'unculturable' bacteria
A team led by Kim Lewis of Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, has discovered a new class of antibiotic, which they have named teixobactin. The antibiotic acts against the deadly...
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What every author should know about registering clinical trials
Registration for clinical trials is a must for a study to be even considered for publication. Some journals follow the ICMJE guidelines for clinical trial registration. It can be a problem for authors...
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How to paraphrase English text effectively
How to paraphrase English text effectivelyNon-native speakers of English often find it very difficult to paraphrase or summarize English text using their own words. This is one reason why many...
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What does big data mean for science?
What does the term "big data" mean? Why is it being considered as an additional paradigm to science? In the recent years, the availability of large volumes of data has changed the nature of science...
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Over 40 Australian editors campaign in support of peer review recognition
The lack of recognition of peer reviewing as an important scholarly endeavor has led a group of more than 40 Australian journal editors to submit an open letter entitled Journal Reviewing and Editing:...
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Scientists enlarge brain tissues to reveal nanoscale details
Neuroscientists look for ways of studying molecular details of the brain. Edward Boyden, a neuroengineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, and his colleagues have...
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Dr. Jo Røislien: It's a great time for being a biostatistician!
What is the danger with big data? In this three-part series, renowned science communicator Dr. Jo Røislien, talks to us about the nature of data in biostatistics, data mining in general, and why he...
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Nature publisher merges with Springer to form a joint venture
Macmillan Science and Education, the London-based publisher of Nature and Scientific American, will merge with one of the world’s largest science publishers, Berlin-based Springer Science+Business...
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What are the submission guidelines regarding experimental work?
Question Description: I received this comment from the journal editor: "Can you indicate whether all experimental work carried out for this submission has followed all necessary guidelines? Please...
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Can multiple submissions to a journal have a common contact author?
Question Description: At my institution, whenever we submit a paper, the contact author has to be our supervisor. My field is very niche and there are very few journals in this field. Hence, all the...
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Three super-earth exoplanets spotted orbiting a star near the Sun
An international group of astronomers has made a significant discovery using NASA’s Keplar spacecraft. Three planets that are just a little bigger than Earth have been spotted orbiting an M-dwarf star...
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Nature Materials: Quick facts and submission tips
Quick facts about the journal Nature Materials. Aims and Scope Nature Materials is a multi-disciplinary journal aimed at gathering pioneering research across the whole spectrum of materials science and...
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Editage® first to adopt Aries' manuscript ingest functionality for Editorial...
Editage announced its commitment to providing a seamless manuscript submission experience for authors by becoming the first to adopt Aries’ manuscript “ingest” functionality for Editorial Manager (EM),...
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A new biocontainment strategy for safe use of genetically modified organisms
Biocontainment measures form a vital aspect of genetic engineering. Two US teams led by George Church – a geneticist at Harvard Medical School – and Farren Isaacs – a synthetic biologist at Yale...
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Editage is hosting a series of webinars in the upcoming months to introduce authors to the different aspects of writing and publication. Sign up soon!Editage is hosting a series of webinars in the...
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Chasing the Next Big Thing: Research, replication, and review
"Researchers in the field all chase the Next Big Thing." Dr. Røislien, famous Norwegian science communicator, discusses in the second part of our interview the challenges in research and publishing and...
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