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The traditional blind peer review process is supposed to encourage open and honest critiques of a publication. Since the reviewer doesn’t know who the authors are, the reviewer will not be biased either for or against them—neither lauding a…

The world of peer review and scientific publishing is just not ready for major changes, according to Dr. Randy Schekman, a Nobel laureate, and there are serious concerns about the science publishing model. Schekman is a well-known scientist…

An academic paper published and shared online will be corrected or retracted much more often than a research paper that is only shared privately. Data was gathered by Dr. Paul Brookes, an associate professor at the University of Rochester…

Academic publishing in the United States is being compromised by a publishing waiver that authors are required to sign when writing for scholarly journals such as Scientific American, Nature, and others. Authors writing for Nature, for…

As an editor I use Google Scholar (GS) as a research tool quite often to check on spelling, nomenclature, and other style points. Since I have access to a good online search engine at a local university, I rarely use GS for literature…

Does your university have a scholarly press for book publishing? If so, make sure they know about the importance of video marketing to create a buzz on their titles. Many university presses post videos on YouTube to promote academic books…

Unlike private sector businesses, which may prefer to keep knowledge a trade secret, academic institutions have the free dissemination of all original research as their goal. This ideal is compromised by publishing houses which would rather…

Taichung, Taiwan: Enago held a workshop on academic publishing at Tungs’ Taichung Hospital, Taiwan. Professor Ching-Chi Chi, the Director of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi City, was the speaker for this workshop, which saw…

Many academic historians trace the peer review process back to 1752 when the Royal Society of London created a “Committee on Papers” to review submission for publication in their Philosophical Transactions journal. Others claim an even…

That paper is nonsense! Most of us have had that reaction at some time concerning a scientific paper. Throughout the history of science there have been many papers published which were later revealed to be wrong. Bad papers are published…