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Creative Commons licenses allow creative work to be shared and used fairly under appropriate copyright permissions. These license terms can apply to individuals as well as large…

Keywords are important terms and concepts used by the scientific community to search for relevant published work. They help in enhancing the discoverability of the work on…

Abstract and introduction are important sections of your manuscript. These sections help readers assess the context and relevance of your published work. Therefore, it is important…

It is important for postdoctoral researchers to acquire important skills and appropriate training to transition into independent faculty members. The NIH’s Pathway to Independence…

Reporting key findings and statistical results is important to validate/support your hypothesis. These results help readers understand the correlation between (and significance of)…

U.S. offers employment-based visas to outstanding researchers and people with extraordinary ability and achievements in their field. The three visa categories, viz. EB-1A, EB-1B,…

A well-organized and a well-written manuscript is crucial for successful publication. Such manuscript is not only easy-to-understand but also catches reader’s attention. Journals…

Selecting the right journal for manuscript submission is an important aspect of the publication process. With the increase in the number of journals, proliferation of areas of…

You may have often heard the term “ethics”. For researchers, it is crucial to follow ethics not only when conducting research but also when publishing it. Various international…

Citation metrics provide a way to quantitatively measure the impact, quality, and significance of published research. These journal-level, author-level, and article-level metrics…

Researchers often use Latin terms when drafting manuscripts for journal submission. The most commonly used terms include et al., ab initio, in vivo, in vitro, etc. However, authors…

Researchers use knowledge from previously published work to form a new hypothesis or a problem statement. Therefore, when conducting the literature survey, it is crucial to…