Peer Review 2024: Trends shaping the future of peer review
Understanding the evolving landscape of the peer review process is crucial for reviewers, publishers, and policymakers to stay abreast of the developments and improve the overall…
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10 Tips to Prevent Research Papers From Being Retracted
Research paper retractions represent a critical event in the scientific community. When a published article is retracted, it is effectively withdrawn from circulation, both online…
Preventing Image Manipulation With Expert Assistance
Academic publishing is witnessing a surge in retractions of published research due to image manipulation. Several cases of retraction have highlighted the need for vigilant image…
Understanding the Impact of Retractions on Research Integrity – A global study
As we reach the midway point of 2024, ‘Research Integrity’ remains one of the hot topics in scientific publishing. Lately, research integrity has taken the central stage due to the…
Envisioning Scholarly Communication Through 2030: Analyzing trends in open science to chart the course of open access publishing
The Open Access (OA) movement has gained significant momentum in recent years, with researchers, publishers, and policymakers showing interest to promote accessibility of scholarly…
How to Optimize Your Research Process: A step-by-step guide
For researchers across disciplines, the path to uncovering novel findings and insights is often filled with uncertainties. From conceptualizing a viable research question to…
Upholding Academic Integrity in the Age of AI: Challenges and solutions
In today's academic landscape, one of the most pressing challenges is ensuring academic integrity. With the abundance of information available online, plagiarism and fabricated…
Metrics That Matter: Redefining research success beyond impact factors
In the ever-evolving landscape of academic research publication, success has long been measured by the impact factor (IF), a numerical representation of a journal’s influence…
Understanding the Difference Between Research Ethics and Compliance
Ethics refers to the principles, values, and moral guidelines that guide individual or group behavior to distinguish between right and wrong, and make decisions that align with…
Publishers Reimagining Open Access Funding and Publishing: APCs finally being replaced with innovative models
Recent years have seen a dynamic transformation in the academic publishing landscape, driven by the increasing demand for open access (OA) research articles. As OA publishing…
Understanding Researcher Awareness and Compliance With Ethical Standards – A global study
Ethical considerations are the bedrock of credible research. It lays the foundation of research by building reliability of scholarly pursuits. However, the advent of Artificial…
Democratizing Science: The power of open access in fostering diversity and inclusivity
Open access encompasses a set of principles and practices with the overarching goal of making scientific research across all fields accessible to everyone, while also ensuring that…