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Exploring funding and grant reviews: A report from the 2017 Peer Review Congress
Often when we talk about peer review, we focus on the various forms of journal submissions that undergo close scrutiny. The second day of the 2017 Peer Review Congress included a session on the...
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How transparency can abate peer review scams
Peer review is regarded as the gold standard for evaluating scientific communication. Time and again, however, it has been targeted as a soft spot by researchers and, at times, even editors. This...
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Quality of scientific literature: A report from the 2017 Peer Review Congress
Editage Insights is attending the 2017 Peer Review Congress and this is a report of some of the sessions from the second day of the conference. The sessions presented during the second half of Day 2...
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Does a commentary article have a DOI?
Question Description: Does a commentary article have a DOI? While calculating impact factor, is this kind of article included in the denominator? AnswerA DOI or Digital Object Identifier is a permanent...
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i have published my paper how can i promote this?
Question Description: i have a paper on physics tittled “origin of gravity" i have published it in a journal but only 7 people read my paper.Answer
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What does the under editor evaluation mean?
Question Description: I have submitted to an Elsevier Journal. The status initially changes from submitted to journal to with editor within a day and with editor to under review on the same day. The...
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Mostly it happens if the submitted manuscript does not match with the Scope of the journal. Also sometimes if the manuscript does not contain sufficient research work or sentences are not organized in...
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How to Read a Scientific Paper?
Question Description: Reading papers for young researchers like me is a heavy task. Sometimes, I can not understand some concepts. How can I manipulate with the paper structure to get good overview...
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Peer review scams: What can journals do to tackle this problem?
Peer review rigging—a growing concern for the scientific publishing system—has led journals to retract several hundereds of papers. Apart from discussions on whether authors should be allowed to...
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Editorial and peer-review process innovations: A report from the 2017 Peer...
Editage Insights is attending the 2017 Peer Review Congress and this is a report of some of the sessions from the third day of the conference. The sessions presented during the first half of Day 3...
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7 Common types of academic peer review
Peer review as we know it today has evolved through the years to accommodate different journals' management styles as well as the increasing volume of journal submissions. This infographic lists and...
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Post-publication issues and peer review: A report from the 2017 Peer Review...
Editage Insights is attending the 2017 Peer Review Congress. In line with the theme of innovations in peer review, the session on post-publication issues on day three of the conference included...
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Pre-publication and post-publication issues: A report from the 2017 Peer...
Editage Insights is attending the 2017 Peer Review Congress and this is a report of some of the sessions from the third day of the conference. The sessions presented during the second half of Day 3...
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Top 10 questions authors have on peer review
Peer review can be a long-drawn process that involves long waiting periods, understanding the various stages of the review process, dealing with reviewer comments, responding to those comments, and...
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Scientists use artificial photosynthesis to produce fuel
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert light energy into chemical energy. This energy is used by the organisms to fuel their activities. Now scientists have succeeded in harnessing the...
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Double-blind and transparent peer review systems have advantages and...
John Butler-Adam is the Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science, the second oldest journal in South Africa. He serves as a consultant to the University of Pretoria. He has worked with...
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How to identify research field and review an article to find out the main...
Question Description: My objective is to identify the research field and review an article to find out the main content of the article.AnswerThank you for your question. The question wasn't very clear,...
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Usage of p values sparks heated debate among academics
P value is the most commonly reported statistic in research papers, and is probably the most misunderstood and misused of all statistics. Now academics are divided on whether or not the threshold of p...
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A report of posters exhibited at the 2017 Peer Review Congress
Editage Insights attended the 2017 Peer Review Congress and this is a report of the poster sessions from the last two days of the conference. The posters were categorized under 14 broad topics such as...
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World's first molecular robot can build molecules
The benefits of miniaturizing machinery are plenty. Apart from the obvious cost advantages since the material and power requirements are greatly reduced, the potential applications of miniature...
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