The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was announced yesterday on October 2, 2017. The prize was awarded jointly to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W. Young “for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the Read More
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On October 2, the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet announced the winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine. Three American researchers – Jeffrey C. Hall of the University of Maine, Michael Rosbash of Brandeis University, and Read More
The month of September was an eventful time in academia. Peer Review Week kept us on our toes and we were delighted with the great response our articles and updates about Peer Review Week got. Read More
The winners of the Nobel Prize 2017 will soon be announced, and the air is rife with predictions and discussions. Are you as excited as we are? The Nobel Prizes are the most prestigious awards that Read More
Which form of closed peer review do authors prefer – single-blind or double-blind review? A new large-scale study conducted by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) in London concluded that few authors choose double-blind peer review when given Read More
I was in Chicago last week, attending the International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication (henceforth, referred to as “the Congress”) along with my colleagues Donald Samulack (President, US Operations, Editage) and Hridey Manghwani (Read More
P values are widely used to indicate whether any difference between groups, relationships, etc., could be due to chance or the variable(s) that are being studied. Conventionally, results are considered to be statistically “significant” Read More
The 2017 Peer Review Congress featured 2 poster sessions, one each on Days 2 and 3 respectively of the Congress. Each poster presented a brief overview of an original published research paper. The posters were categorized under 14 broad topics Read More
The Ig Nobel Prizes honor “research that makes people laugh and then think.” Marc Abrahams, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, founded this prize in 1991, which honors the most unusual and imaginative achievements. According Read More
A paper that has undergone peer review is considered reliable, so most authors wish to get published in a peer-reviewed journal. However, going through the peer review process often makes authors anxious and nervous. Peer Read More