Embargo period
Question Description: Is embargo period for only for open access option of journals? Is it possible that it can include subscription section, too?Answer
View Article"Scientists who selfie" and other memorable moments on academic Twitter in...
In March 2018, academic Twitter was buzzing with hashtags and conversations around topics such as International Women’s Day and the need for presenting a more current and realistic image of what...
View ArticleAcademic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, March 2018
March has been an eventful month for the scholarly publishing community. Tributes poured in from all parts of the world when the news of the demise of Dr. Stephen Hawking broke. In addition, several...
View ArticleWhat do institutional animal ethics boards do?
This post clarifies the role and nature of animal ethics boards or regulatory bodies that set down regulations to help ensure humane and ethical treatment of animals in research. It also shares some...
View ArticleI have the same problem. I sent a manuscript to th...
I have the same problem. I sent a manuscript to the new generation computing(Springer). Official speed metric: Number of days from submission of the manuscript to first decision is 16 days. However, I...
View ArticleShould I complain to the journal for their negligent attitude?
Question Description: I submitted my paper to a journal under BioMed Central, as I heard that it had a relatively speedy s peer review process and publication time. However, there was no progress for 1...
View ArticleWhat should be included in a disclosure of conflict of interest?
Question Description: 1. From how long ago do I need to disclose Conflict of Interest (COI) on research papers? Does it date back to 1 year or 3 years? 2. Do I need to disclose a COI even if the...
View ArticleIs my research topic about IPR suitable your journal for rapid published...
Question Description: It’s my pleasure to introduce myself to you here. I am CHING-YUNG WANG, a Ph.D. Candidate, come from The Department of International Business Studies, National Chi Nan University,...
View ArticleThesis into Manuscript ?
Question Description: I want to publish my thesis. So, I want to transform my thesis into manuscript. But I have limited time to do. Is there any service that someone can help to transform my thesis...
View ArticleFive reviews received by the journal and they are waiting for more, is it a...
Question Description: I submitted my paper from last November to a Springer journal with impact factor in the computer science field, Since then it has passed through the usual workflow of peer review....
View ArticleIn any part of this text do you see anything that could be counted as plagirasm
Question Description: In english class, we are reading a book called The Sunflower, this book is an autobiography of Simon Wiesenthal during his time in the Lemberg concentration camp, this book, talks...
View ArticleEditage workshop at MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru
On February 22, 2018, I received an opportunity to represent Editage in partnership with Wolters Kluwer as a trainer and conduct a workshop on how to effectively write scientific manuscripts at the MS...
View ArticleWhat should I do if my paper is showing "accepted" but the editor has asked...
Question Description: About one month ago, I got an e-mail from the journal editor asking me to revise my manuscript. I thought it was a major revision because I got this email for the first time after...
View ArticleWill a journal publication site accept a research paper that's been done 2...
Question Description: I defended my master's thesis in February 2016 but the data gathering was done in October 2015 and the final revision was submitted to my university in March 2016. I thought of...
View ArticleWhat is the acceptable percentage of plagiarism report?
Question Description: What is the acceptable percentage of plagiarism report?Answer
View ArticleAccepted status changed to editor assigned
Question Description: I have submitted the paper in one of the Springer journal in the month of July 2017. After third revision, I got a mail from the editorial office that your paper has been accepted...
View ArticleWho write case studies and why?
Question Description: Who write the case studies, like do the doctors, nurses, scientists write them? What is the exact reason they write case studies? For what reason?Answer
View ArticleAlso, how are they written? Who reads them?
Question Description: In what kind of form are they written? Who read them, people, scientists, doctors, nurses?Answer
View ArticleI don't think there is any act of plagiarism, beca...
I don't think there is any act of plagiarism, because for the dialogue you used apostrophes, which is the best way to avoid plagiarism. Also you added sources so that can't be plagiarism. Nice job with...
View ArticleHow a review of technical papers is formatted ?
Question Description: Am a new researcher in the field of computer science and engineering. I have been given this topic to write a paper review: "A Review of threat models in big data environment". I...
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