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What is the Meaning of "Disruptive?" The literal definition of to disrupt is to “break apart, throw into disorder, or interrupt the normal progress or activity of something.” I would imagine that many publishers of traditional academic…

Only a Representative Sample Students of research methodology and statistical analysis are very familiar with the importance of working with a study sample that can claim to be representative of a larger population. Without it, any…

All Ranking is Relative If we are to discuss a better way to rank academic journals, we must first address who will be benefiting from that ranking system. As the industry stands currently, different stakeholders want different things.…

Enago continues knowledge dissemination initiative by publishing highlights of 2015 SSP Annual Meeting in European Science EditingNew York, USA: Enago recently published a report of takeaways from the annual meeting of the Society for…

When it comes to science, diversity makes all the difference. Nowadays, scientists from many different cultures and backgrounds collaborate on common goals. But among their objectives, they all have something in common. That each one of…

The process of peer review in academic publishing is relatively straightforward. When a journal editor likes the look of a submitted article or research paper, it is sent out for review by a cadre of suitably qualified and experienced…

Writing can be boring, hard, and stressful by itself. This coupled with deadlines, peer review, grading, etc., can become a truly daunting process. Writer’s block is not a state of not knowing what to write but the state of conflict or…

It Started with So Much Promise When Google Scholar (GS) first launched in November 2004, the academic search engine seemed to offer so much promise — the ability to search academic databases with the same ease of use of the original…

What Is the Purpose of Science? Answering this question in full would probably take up several volumes of a large textbook, but in laymen’s terms, scientists conduct research to investigate our world in order to learn more about it than we…

Enago attends the 37th Annual SSP Meeting to increase collaborations with journals, publishers, and academic societies Arlington, VA: The New Big Picture: Connecting Diverse Perspectives—with this fascinating theme, the SSP Annual…