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To promote scientific research, it is important that exchange of information and ideas is encouraged at all levels. Since the 1970s, the open access (OA) movement has supported and attempted to develop publishing models that would enable…

Academic writers are expected (maybe, unfairly) to have a larger vocabulary than those outside their field of expertise. Publishers often have restrictions on the number of pages or words allowed in a submitted manuscript; therefore, when…

The words “number” and “amount” are used to describe how many or how much of something is present. A research report might include information on the number of participants in the study, number of questionnaires that were completed, the…

Research papers are evidently quite difficult to interpret and understand especially for an audience that is not very familiar with the research topic. In order to make scientific research easier to understand, a number of journals are now…

When people read in a hurry (especially when reading online material), they mostly skim through the details and pay attention only to the headlines. Headlines are the signposts that readers rely on when navigating a piece of writing; they…

For academics, it is very important to be able to find and access high quality and updated information related to their work. Researchers are also increasingly interested in discovering how others are perceiving their own publications and…

Specific paired punctuation refers to a type of punctuation that occurs in pairs and is used to enclose or separate text within a sentence. These paired punctuations such as brackets can be used as delimiters to determine the order of…

Innovation is a hallmark of humankind. Recently, Reuters announced its second annual ranking of Asia Pacific’s most innovative universities. Using research paper citations and patents, among other features, Reuters rankings identified top…

Using social media platforms such as LinkedIn, ORCID, ResearchGate, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or Mendeley, can be an excellent way to promote your research and share it with a wider audience. Social media channels may also help you to…

A “repository” is a receptacle in which data are kept and made available. In academic publishing, many major universities and its libraries have their own repositories for academic research papers. Other repositories are public and created…