Editage Insights celebrated its second anniversary this November! We’ve grown by leaps and bounds and I’m excited to share our experience so far and give you a glimpse of what’s coming up. Read More
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Editage Insights works with ISMTE to bring great content to editors in the publishing industry. Once a month, Editage Insights shares the Editor’s Choice article from ISMTE’s member-only newsletter. Here’s a glimpse Read More
We know that peer reviewing a scientific manuscript can be a challenging task for first time reviewers. That is why we created a series of posts directed at helping first time peer reviewers understand what Read More
Following the multiple cases of author misconduct in which Chinese researchers were involved, the Chinese government and a major funding agency in China are taking steps to put a stop to these incidents. China is Read More
Peer review is an integral part of scholarly publication. Hence, peer reviewers are held in high regard as they improve the quality of science that reaches publication and weed out questionable research. With the volume Read More
In an earlier post, we discussed some of the concerns that first time reviewers have and how they should go about deciding whether to accept a peer review request. Once a researcher decides to become Read More
Unhappy with the way science is being governed in the country, Chilean researchers resorted to street protests and published an open letter that criticized the government’s lack of support to science. Chile is recognized Read More
Case: An author used professional writing assistance for her research paper. After the first draft, the company providing the service asked the author to include the following sentence in the acknowledgments section of the manuscript: Read More
Peer review is considered by most scholars to be a reliable method of evaluating research qualitatively. Despite this, concerns have been raised from time to time about peer review, such as the biases in peer Read More
The richest award in science, the Breakthrough Prize, was presented on November 8 to researchers belonging to the fields of physics, life sciences, and mathematics. This year, a new category was added named “Breakthrough Junior Challenge” Read More