Editage in the News

(December 20, 2018; Philadelphia, U.S.)Editage—a leading global scholarly communications company—has released a report highlighting geographic patterns in author attitudes toward open access publishing. In September this year, Editage had released a comprehensive report based on a global author survey capturing the views of almost 7000 researchers (mostly non-Western, non–English-speaking researchers) on different aspects of scholarly publishing. Read More

(December 12, 2018; Philadelphia, U.S.) As a growing economy, India has been able to grab the attention of most super powers for investment and expansion. Dubbed as the ‘Decade of Innovation’, by the erstwhile President, Pratibha Patil, the current decade has seen exciting plans initiated by the government’s vision “to drive home the need to be innovative in finding solutions to our many challenges".Read More

(December 12, 2018; Beijing, China) Editage authors in China can now place orders, track assignments, “Like” their favorite editors and a lot more using their favourite multi-purpose app- WeChat. Using WeChat to login to the Editage Online System, authors can now avoid the hassle of entering and re-entering passwords. The WeChat Pay feature also brings the ease of QR code payment within the all familiar WeChat ecosystem to Editage customers in China.Read More

(November 26, 2018; Philadelphia, U.S.) Editage Insights, the knowledge and education arm of Editage—a global leader in scientific communication solutions—has upgraded and revamped its website to offer a more personalized and guided learning experience for researchers at all stages of their publication journey...Read More

(November 21, 2018; Dalian, China) Editage Consultant trainer Professor Yang Gan of Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) led a seminar conducted by Editage Training Academy on the 7th of November, 2018 at Dalian University of Technology for State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, one of the Big Four Institutes of Technology in China...Read More

(November 15, 2018; San Francisco, CA) A new video has been released by the upcoming IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), the world’s largest, most influential forum for the unveiling of breakthroughs and new concepts in transistors and related micro/nanoelectronics devices. Designed to promote awareness of IEDM’s key role in the...Read More

(November 14, 2018; Mumbai, India) From 24th to 28th July, budding researchers at the esteemed Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai attended a workshop conducted by Editage Training Academy on the prerequisites of academic writing, which is a significant move concerning our expanding research education plans in India.Read More

(October 30, 2018; Philadelphia, U.S.) Over the last decade, the Open Science movement has been sweeping over the scholarly communications industry. The narrative has gradually changed from eliminating paywalls to increasing transparency and making science truly accessible to wider audiences in order to nurture scientific development and boost the spirit of scientific discovery...Read More

(October 24, 2018; Seoul, South Korea) Basil D’Souza, Head of Korea Operations, Cactus Communications, was recently appointed as the Chair of External Affairs for the Council of Asian Science Editors (CASE), in South Korea. D’Souza, a Mumbai University alumnus, was deputed to head Cactus’ Korea office in 2016, to manage and develop partnerships with Korean universities, publishers, and journals...Read More

(October 22, 2018; Beijing, China) Editage, the flagship business unit of Cactus Communications, has appointed Frank Xu as the Managing Director of China Operations. China is the world’s largest producer of research output in English and, as Managing Director, Xu is expected to drive the future growth and strategy of the group. Xu has over 17 years of experience...Read More

(October 9, 2018; London, U.K.) Editage, a leading global scholarly communications company, has released a comprehensive report showcasing the perspectives of academic authors on a broad range of topics related to scholarly publishing... Read More

(October 5, 2018; Philadelphia, U.S.) Created in 2004, the QS ranking system since then has highlighted more than 900 Universities. The QS rankings measure performance on six indicators... Read More

(September 28, 2018; Philadelphia, U.S.) Among the different indexes that are used to measure University rankings with regard to research, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking is one of the more well-known measures used to evaluate factors like faculty-student ratio, international students, and academic repute. Read More

(September 21, 2018; Philadelphia, U.S.) Editage conducted an informative and interactive workshop on research and publication at King Saud University, Riyadh. Led by Prof. Caven McLoughlin, a Consultant Academic Trainer at Editage, the workshop garnered an overwhelming response. Read More

(August 26, 2018; Philadelphia, U.S.) The rapidly changing scholarly publishing space has been seeing higher submissions from non-native English-speaking authors, and as a consequence, the need for focused training in all aspects of academic publication has seen an upward spike. Read More

(June 19, 2018; THOROFARE, NJ) SLACK Incorporated, an independent STM publishing company, announced today that it has engaged with Editage to launch author services for its peer-reviewed journals. SLACK Author Services, powered by Editage, are designed to support authors with not only end-to-end pre-submission manuscript preparation, but also translations and post-publication research communication. Many of these submissions are from international authors who may be developing innovative research, but who have previously found difficulty in publishing due to language barriers or other obstacles to accessibility. Read More

(May 18, 2018; Philadelphia, U.S.) The scholarly communications landscape is quickly adopting new technologies and integrating automated solutions to make things easier for publishers. Editage launches Ada, an Automated Document Assessment solution specifically designed to assess scientific content in research papers. Ada is named after Ada Lovelace, who worked on Babbage’s Analytical Engine and is regarded as the first computer programmer. Read More

(February 5, 2018; London, UK) IJS Publishing Group and Editage have entered a partnership to offer pre-submission manuscript preparation services and post-publication research communication services to authors. IJS Publishing Group has adapted to the Open Access movement seamlessly with many of their journals being Open to everyone. The IJS Press also partners with societies and institutions interested in launching their own Open Access journals. Their portfolio of 12 specialty journals is only expected to grow to cover more subject areas in the future. Through this partnership, IJS Publishing group will offer high-quality services powered by Editage. These services include English language editing, academic translation, rapid technical review, artwork preparation, plagiarism check and post-publication research communication services such as video summaries and infographics.

(January 24, 2018; Philadelphia, U.S.) — Cactus Communications is proud to announce that it has been named in the top 20 of FlexJobs’ global list of the Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2018. This list is based on an analysis of over 49,000 companies and their remote job posting histories in the FlexJobs database. To be considered, the jobs offered by these companies had to be remote-friendly, either allowing for candidates to telecommute entirely or part of the time. Overall, the list represents 19 different industries across eight different countries.

(January 11, 2018; Strasbourg, France) - Every year EuroScience, the European grassroots organization of scientists and other stakeholders in science, selects winners of the European Young Researchers Awards (the EYRAwards) for PhD candidates and postdocs in alternate years. Editage is a company active for more than 15 years in providing services to scientists, universities, and scholarly publishers in areas such as language editing, publication support, and research communication to broad audiences.

(January 4, 2018; Tokyo, Japan) - Cactus Communications K.K. (Head Office：Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Makoto Yuasa/ Representative Director, hereinafter called “Cactus”), which operates Editage, launched a new service “Support for medical paper writing & submission” for medical doctors/medical workers in cooperation with Nikkei Business Publication, Inc. (Head office：Minato-ku, Tokyo, President & CEO：Suguru Niinomi, hereinafter called “Nikkei BP”）.