Publishing Research

Elsevier is a giant in the academic publishing industry. In 2010, the company made just over £74M in profits. So why is a giant like Elsevier battling it out in court with guerilla…

In Western science culture, it is often expected that research will be done out of a desire to advance knowledge. It is not the norm for scientists to be given financial rewards…

The peer review process is vital for the production of scientific knowledge. But this cornerstone of science may be crumbling, increasingly weakened by a confluence of factors.…

Deciding on a target journal is a hard decision faced by all manuscript authors. This step has various stages, which involve carefully considering the scope and guidelines of the…

What exactly is open access (OA) and what does it mean to publishers and researchers? There have been many articles about OA and its benefits, but briefly, open access simply means…

Open access publication has already altered the academic landscape vis a vis the final stage of research: publication. One such change stands as yet another means of communicating…

The number of retracted papers has increased considerably during the last few years and the reasons for these retractions are many. In some cases, the manuscripts had to be…

Openly available science is becoming increasingly lauded. As publication fees for open access journals and subscription cost skyrocket, self-archiving has become a trend and for…

Randomized clinical trials are widely accepted as the gold standard approach to test new line of drugs, therapies, or treatments. They reduce bias by randomly allocating patients…

The quality of data or goods resulting from scientific research must be held to high standards. For this reason, the GLP regulations, GCP guidelines, and GMP guidelines must be…

“Camera-ready” copy refers to the final stage of text, tables, and illustrations of a manuscript and includes proper formatting. What is submitted as camera ready is printed as it…

Currently, researchers are finding that most funding agencies, organizations, and some professional journals, require data sharing as a condition of grants, awards, or for…