Open access (OA) publishing has not only helped increase the visibility and impact of the research but also facilitated quicker dissemination of knowledge to the academic…
What exactly is open access (OA) and what does it mean to publishers and researchers? There have been many articles about OA and its benefits, but briefly, open access simply means…
High-quality research is essential for the development of any field of science, and this is particularly true for the medical sciences. Reputed academic journals play an important…
In a recent study, researchers from different hospitals and research institutions in Sao Paolo, Brazil investigated the differences between researchers publishing in low-impact…
Impact factor plays a deciding role in helping researchers select the right journal for publication. Journal editors and editorial boards will also track an internal measure of the…
Icing on the Cake
In this increasingly competitive market for academic research, just winning a place on a well-funded and well-resourced team might be considered enough of an…
What is a Service Charter?
In the commercial business world, a service charter is a public commitment on behalf of a business as to the level of service that their customers can…
Single academic journal options are reserved for the most esoteric scientific niches. Beyond that, most fields have several journals competing for an audience, typically one with…
“Megajournal” is a category of open access journals that have a selection criteria smaller than most other peer-reviewed journals. Megajournals contain articles from a wide variety…