Can Research Be Truly Independent?
Defining research as "independent" is not as simple as it might first appear. Which criteria are you considering for independence?
Freedom of Influence – you have the money…
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Publishing Research
Increase your knowledge of the publication cycle and handling of journal rejection
Is Sharing Research Data a Conflict of Interest?
An Academic Community
When we speak of the worlds of academic research and academic publishing, we often refer to the academic community as a collaborative group of professionals…
Merits of the Belmont Report
What is the Belmont Report?
In July 1974, the National Research Act was signed into law, creating the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and…
Selecting International Peer Reviewers
Is the Peer Review Process Blinkered?
The process of evaluating the academic or scientific research work of others has always rested on the foundation of using peers from the same…
Authorship: Difference Between “Contributor” and “Co-Author”
With an increasing number of researchers and graduates chasing publication opportunities under the pressure of "publish or perish," many are settling for participation in multiple…
Research Reproducibility and Credibility — Replication Studies
A Self-Correcting Process!
Scientific research has never been a perfect process of discovery. We have never expected to get the results right the first time, and so we have…
To Peer Review or Not to Peer Review: Should We Publish Everything?
As the world of academic publishing has struggled to embrace digital technology and the phenomenal growth of open access journals, the process of peer review has remained…
Fair Use in Academic and Research Libraries
Librarians serve many individuals while performing their daily tasks.
Students count on them for assistance in navigating through increasingly complex databases and accessing…
Presubmission Peer Reviews: Importance of Submitting Your Research Paper for Review?
Total immersion in a research study for an extended period of time can lead to word blindness where you don’t spot a glaring text or formatting error, even after multiple revisions…
An Introduction to Citation Stacking
Academic journals are coming under increased scrutiny for the actions they take to manage their rejection rates and their impact factors. Even as we embrace the broader impact…
Experts’ Take: Why Is It Important to Publish Negative Results
Often, it has been noticed that most of the basic and preclinical research cannot be reproduced. In fact, the studies that cannot be reproduced continue to remain in the…
Self-Archiving: Is It Good for Academic Researchers?
Instant Availability
Researchers who are frustrated with delays in making their results available to the world as academic journals continue to work months ahead of published…