Publishing Research

Getting published in a high-impact journal is a significant milestone for researchers. However, achieving this requires an understanding of how journals are evaluated and ranked.…

The integrity of medical and scientific publications is crucial for ensuring the reliability of research findings. Historically known as the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts,…

Sci-Hub, often described as the ‘Robin Hood of research,’ is a scholarly piracy website allowing users to access millions of academic papers that are often blocked behind the…

Tina, a first-year doctoral student, nervously scrolled through some research articles. She had just received her first major assignment: writing a comprehensive Review of Related…

Writing ambiguous or inconsistent definitions in research lead to confusions and flawed conclusions. Clear explanations of technical terms, acronyms, and specialized terminologies…

Emma, a doctoral student, was about to ask Amy to join her for an outing, but then paused, thinking, “No, I have to proofread an article!” Intrigued, her friend asked what was…

Retractions send a clear message that the validity of the paper has been brought into question. The fellow researchers who may be citing that paper, or even worse, moving forward…

Scientific journals are supposed to publish accurate, honest, peer-reviewed articles, providing sources for scientists to find important information for their own research. There…

ESL authors often employ language editors to improve their manuscripts. The editors sometimes encounter cases where the authors have copied sentences from published papers of other…

Misconduct: A Question of Intent If we consider the top three categories of scientific misconduct to be, in ascending order, the use of someone else’s work without citation…

Behavior that would be considered scientific misconduct could occur at all points in a research protocol. You could encounter different types of scientific research misconduct at…

This guest post is drafted by an expert from iThenticate. iThenticate helps researchers surface potential plagiarism by uploading and comparing submissions against more than 170…