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Open access research leads to more access to research, where anyone in the world can download it. This helps bridge gaps in different parts of the world, which leads to more collaboration in research. The value of international…

The impact and influence of open access publishing are evident with the surge in the number of preprints since 2020—the year that brought everything to a standstill except the scientific research and publishing industry. Hence, owing to…

Often researchers have a difficult time choosing the parameters and variables (like explanatory and response variables) that answer their aims and objectives in research study. The primary objective of any study is to determine whether…

Oh! How did I make such a silly blunder! That too in a research article which was reviewed and re-reviewed before we were pretty sure to submit! I was supposed to propose an effect of the indicator on the system and not the affected…

The International Open Access Week 2022 is fast approaching and the scientific community yet again gathers in high spirit to engage in the celebration. Open access week is an opportunity to openly discuss the importance and need for…

Research has grown in multiple facets, and with it has risen the crisis of research reproducibility. There has been a proliferation in incidents where researchers have questioned the research methods and ethical practices followed to…

The annual STM Trends have made a return continuing its future-forward look at the scholarly communications ecosystem. Forecasting the surge of Open Access in the next three to five years, the STM Association has released its theme for this…

Less talked about, more frowned upon – A Peer Reviewer! “Remember that paper I submitted to that reputed XYZ Journal?” said a researcher 1 to his fellow researcher 2. “Well, it is a one-year anniversary to that submission day!” “Did…

Peer reviewers are the subject-matter experts who volunteer their time to improve the manuscripts they review. Often, researchers consider these reviewers as the road blocks in research publishing , as peer review process sometimes takes…

The peer review process was developed to help journal editors decide which manuscripts deemed suitable for publishing. Eventually, the process evolved and transitioned from its initial unidirectional purpose of assessing papers for accuracy…