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5 Practical tips for writing your first scientific paper [Download...
You have been working hard on your research project for months and the data it has generated are promising. You feel now is the right time to start writing your first research paper, but you have been...
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Academic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, April 2018
Do you know what the scholarly community was talking about this month? Our team of editors has compiled a list of the some great posts from around the web that include trending discussions on “zombie”...
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Editage Workshop at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH),...
On 26 March, 2018, Editage conducted a workshop on ‘How to make your manuscript submission ready’ at the Pohang University of Science & Technology. POSTECH is a private research university in...
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What should go in a table title?
Question Description: This site has some tips on preparing table titles, but I am interested in tips to share with investigators about the "contents." For example, should a project/study name be in a...
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Can someone who has revised a paper but not collected the data be granted...
Question Description: Graduate student A is going to graduate soon, but some of the data presented in his dissertation is not published in an SCI paper yet. Supervisor B is very unhappy. He thinks that...
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Awaiting EE decision after reviewer selection
Question Description: Research article was submitted in October, 2017. I was told the decision that paper is rejected through corresponding author of article, but Chief Editor said revise and submits....
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Have you looked beyond publishing your paper? A perspective on reproducible...
A published paper is not the end, but a means to the larger picture – the actual research itself – which is broader in scope than the paper. This post talks about the how the propositions in research...
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I want to write an introductory abstract before the real paper. How do I go...
Question Description: Writing an abstract at the proposal level before doing the research.Answer
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Will North Korea's nuclear standoff boost its presence in international science?
Late last month, North Korea vowed to shut down its nuclear test site, and the diplomatic talks that followed this move hinted at improved inter-Korea relations. These developments have led to...
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Is it self-plagiarism to use the some of my published papers for a textbook?
Question Description: I have published some articles and now I'm working on a textbook (not a textbook chapter). Will it be considered self-plagiarism if I take use these articles in the textbook? For...
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please for instance... How could my literature review be structured bases on...
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Math Stat Month, National Library Week, and much more brewing on Academic...
Last month, academic Twitter was abuzz with conversations around topics such as Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, the March for Science Movement, and the contribution of libraries and...
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The status for my accepted manuscript is "Send to production." What does this...
Question Description: My paper has been accepted and the status has changed to "send to production." Do I need to do anything? There is no mail from the journal. I just saw this on the submission...
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Is it possible for a manuscript to be accepted if it was rejected after the...
Question Description: I first submitted an article to BMC Public Health on July 24th, 2017. The associate editor (this journal has open peer review system; thus, I could know who was the reviewer)...
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Status changes from "with editor" to "under editor evaluation" directly
Question Description: Dear community,I met a weird circumstance regrading my submission to an Elsevier journal. I submitted a manuscript and after four days, the status changed to "with editor"....
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How will Trump's decision to exit the Iran nuclear deal affect science?
On May 8, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal. The White House mentioned that it intends to reimpose strict economic sanctions that are targeted...
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If I withdraw my manuscript, is there any bad effect on my future submissions?
Question Description: I submitted my manuscript in one of the Elsevier's journals, Review was completed within a month and status showed ready for decision from past 2 months. It was paid journal but...
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Can you please help me by explaining further on the background to the study...
Question Description: Here i'm writing a research paper on"what are the effects of socio-economic factors on the academic performance of grade12 learners".Answer
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How does one objectively assess 'study quality' for a systematic review? And...
Question Description: My understanding of a systematic review is that data is collected from different study, statistics performed on these studies, results interpreted. But even similar studies would...
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