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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 developed multiple methodologies to test different hypotheses to…

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 intransigent. The ability to share manuscripts by email or Google…

What Is CSR? In the simplest terms, corporate social responsibility (CSR) posits an argument that organizations should operate under social and environmental obligations in addition to the standard financial obligation of fiscal…

Librarians serve many individuals while performing their daily tasks. Students count on them for assistance in navigating through increasingly complex databases and accessing e-materials needed for online courses and research projects.…

The Academic Bubble As a graduate student seeking a position in a doctoral research program, your field of vision may not extend too far beyond the end of your nose. You have found work that you love and that you’re good at (or at least…

Research Grant Proposal: A Competition for Money? As research institutions adjust to the new reality of declining federal research funds, the search for other sources of research grant funding has become even more competitive. Locating a…

Distinction or Popularity? As researchers toil away at building a career, they are constantly presented with requirements to establish and justify their expertise in their respective fields. Grant Committees, Search Committees, and Tenure…

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 of the same research paper. How should you deal with that?…

The one disadvantage of the explosion of scientific publishing is the problem it presents for researchers seeking to stay up to date with the latest results in their area of research. No one can possibly review all the papers being…

What Is Commoditization? In the business world, commoditization starts to occur in the latter stages of a product's life cycle (the so-called "golden years"). Consumers no longer respond to aggressive marketing in support of a distinct…