Publishing Research

Are We Obsessed with Applied Research? The debate between the respective merits of basic or pure research and applied research is a heated one, especially when research budgets…

What is a Hijacked Journal? After open access lowered publishing costs, threw the peer review process into complete turmoil, and made the latest research accessible worldwide, it…

Writing a paper is a lot of work: organizing the data, drawing the figures, writing everything from the experimental section to discussion in a clear and effective manner. However,…

Single academic journal options are reserved for the most esoteric scientific niches. Beyond that, most fields have several journals competing for an audience, typically one with…

The traditional peer review process is a vital part of scientific publication, though it is known to be imperfect. This has led to scientists and publishers debating new models…

Lincoln’s Law The False Claims Act, also known as “Lincoln’s Law” after the President who signed the legislation into law during the Civil War, was written to curb the rampant…

The quality of a journal’s papers is largely determined by the quality of its peer review. This screening mechanism is designed to ensure that the data and conclusions presented…

As a researcher's success depends on his ability to publish his work in an international peer-reviewed journal. For most researchers, completing the daunting task of conducting the…

Publish Anything for a Fee When the phenomenon of open access began over a decade ago, it was welcomed as a positive step in the dissemination of current scientific research…

COPE was established as a registered charity in the United Kingdom in October 2007, after a decade of growth from an informal gathering of concerned editors in 1997. It is funded…

Retraction: A Sanction of Last Resort When an academic journal formally retracts an article, it is considered one of the most serious acts that can be taken against an author or…

Contributing to the Academic Community Advocates argue that the contribution made by the peer review process to academic publishing is chronically undervalued. Leveraging the…