This is one of various “Quick Guides” in the Publishing Campus.
Blog Archives
How to review manuscripts — your ultimate checklist
Tagged with: Manuscript review, Researcher Relations, ultimate checklist
Posted in Academic Writing, Communication, Education, Journal article, Science and Technology, Scientific editing
Posted in Academic Writing, Communication, Education, Journal article, Science and Technology, Scientific editing
It’s time for academic writing to evolve — a brief communication, why and how?
Communication is a vital part of the academic process: sharing results with your peers means your research builds the knowledge base, adding to our understanding of the universe and everything that goes on inside it. So why does the writing…
Infographic: How to write better science papers
Reporting results in a scientific journal is a process common to researchers in all disciplines. However, many scientific papers fail to communicate research work effectively. Pitfalls include using complicated jargon, including unnecessary details, and writing for your highly specialized colleagues…
Tagged with: Infographic, science papers, Scientific Writing
Posted in Communication, Medical Writing, Scientific editing, Scientific writing, Writing
Posted in Communication, Medical Writing, Scientific editing, Scientific writing, Writing
How to write an A+ research paper
This article lists some of the stages involved in writing a library-based research paper. Although this list suggests that there is a simple, linear process to writing such a paper, the actual process of writing a research paper is often…
Tagged with: analyze, contextual material, endnotes, footnotes, punctuation, research paper, sentence structure, spelling, Summarize
Posted in Communication, Editing, Education, Impact Factor, Interdisciplinary research, Journal article, Journal Selection, Manuscript format, Medical Communication, Medical Writing, Peer Review, Science, Scientific editing, Scientific writing, Writing
Posted in Communication, Editing, Education, Impact Factor, Interdisciplinary research, Journal article, Journal Selection, Manuscript format, Medical Communication, Medical Writing, Peer Review, Science, Scientific editing, Scientific writing, Writing
Presubmittal peer review for high-impact research
In more collegial, less competitive times researchers used pre-submission peer review to obtain frank, constructive feedback from trusted colleagues before sending their manuscript to a journal. But pre-submission review now appears to be rare in the current publish-or-perish environment. Journal-managed…
Post publication peer-review: Everything stays, and changes the same
In the early days of scientific societies (i.e. the 17th century), scientists would share their experimental results with each other at meetings, and receive feedback about their experiments in person. (The scientific journal wasn’t invented until later.) As the scientific…
Tagged with: bling peer review, Open Review, peer review, peer reviewed, post-publication, post-publication peer review, pre-publication, pre-publication peer review, Pre-submission peer review, PubPeer
Posted in Communication, Education, Open access, Peer Review, Review article, Science, Science and Technology, Scientific editing, Scientific Journal
Posted in Communication, Education, Open access, Peer Review, Review article, Science, Science and Technology, Scientific editing, Scientific Journal
Let’s shine a light on paywalls that deny open access to scientific research
Reviewing scientific literature can be a bit like trying to negotiate a maze with the lights turned off. For years I was fumbling around in the dark, but didn’t realise I was missing out. Now the Open Access Button campaign wants us…
Tagged with: Open access, Paywall, peer review, population health, scientific currency, scientific papers, scientific publication, scientific research
Posted in Case report, Education, Journal article, Open access, Peer Review, Peer-reviewed Journal, Review article, Science, Scientific editing, Scientific Journal, Scientific writing
Posted in Case report, Education, Journal article, Open access, Peer Review, Peer-reviewed Journal, Review article, Science, Scientific editing, Scientific Journal, Scientific writing
Peer review needs to expand so that more scientists are reviewing papers
A new tool that selects peer reviewers by algorithm could make the peer review process more reliable, by sources The more peer reviews on a paper from top scientists, the stronger the peer review signal. Technology has changed some aspects of science tremendously.…
Worst practices that misconduct authors
There are several ideas going around in my head regarding the reasons for the growing plagiarism in academic publications and that someone is willing to get into this game for money: There is great pressure to publish. Capitalism is pervading everything. In general, professors…
Tagged with: academic editor, academic publications, data manipulation, Ghost writing, Honorary authorship, misconduct authors, mosaic plagiarism, peer review, pirate authors, plagiarism, recycling fraud, Salami slicing, Self-plagiarism, Worst practices
Posted in Case report, Editing, Journal article, Medical Writing, Peer Review, Review article, Science, Scientific editing, Scientific writing, Writing
Posted in Case report, Editing, Journal article, Medical Writing, Peer Review, Review article, Science, Scientific editing, Scientific writing, Writing
Six things to do before writing your manuscript
A new study, “How to Prepare a Manuscript for International Journals” — a seasoned editor gives advice to boost your chances of acceptance I think that sometimes researchers are not trained by their supervisors in writing scientific papers during the…
Tagged with: humble journals, impact factor, IMRAD format, journal articles, Journal selection, manuscript, manuscript develop, manuscript writing, original articles, perspectives, plagiarism, publishing, rapid communications, review article, scientific journal articles, scientific journals, scientific manuscripts, scientific papers, Scientific Writing, short communications, target journal
Posted in Case report, Chicago Manual Style, Communication, Editing, Health Education, Impact Factor, Interdisciplinary research, Journal article, Journal Selection, Manuscript format, Medical Communication, Medical Writing, Peer Review, Proofreading, Review article, Scientific editing, Scientific writing, Writing
Posted in Case report, Chicago Manual Style, Communication, Editing, Health Education, Impact Factor, Interdisciplinary research, Journal article, Journal Selection, Manuscript format, Medical Communication, Medical Writing, Peer Review, Proofreading, Review article, Scientific editing, Scientific writing, Writing
