Over the years in Brazil, open access has emerged as a favorable solution to help increase the visibility of Brazilian researchers in the global research arena, and one of the earliest, and arguably most successful, Read More
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Plagiarism is often one of the commonly cited reasons behind retraction of papers. However, should plagiarism in any form necessarily result in retraction? Dr. Praveen Chaddah, a condensed-matter physicist and former director of the University Read More
Excerpt from abstract In recent years, many journal editorial departments have begun to employ freelance editors rather than an exclusively in-house team. Although a freelance editing model offers greater editor availability and subject-area expertise, it Read More
Aims and Scope The American Journal of Ophthalmology publishes Original Articles, Brief Reports, Perspectives, Editorials, Abstracts, Correspondence, Book Reports, and Announcements. All others (Perspectives, Editorials, and Abstracts) are published by invitation only. Clinical investigations, clinical Read More
What is retraction? Research papers go through a thorough check by peer reviewers before they reach publication. Despite this, at times, errors are detected in papers after they are published. If the errors are minor, Read More
Case: A manuscript on a new diagnostic technique to diagnose cervical cancer was submitted to a gynaecology journal. The paper was rejected after initial screening and the decision was communicated to the authors with two Read More
Every author wants to see their paper published. However, even papers with novel and path breaking findings might face rejection due to basic mistakes in manuscript writing. To avoid this, authors can take care of Read More
Given the research community’s increasing interest in open access and the fact that several countries are adopting it as an integral part of scientific communication (e.g. China and the USA), it would be Read More
The most infamous incident of academic misconduct in 2014 was the acid-bath stem cell research by Haruko Obokata at the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan. This controversy reminded scientists around the world of a similar Read More
In emphasizing correct format and accuracy of details in citations and references, researchers should not overlook something even more important, namely correct attribution. For instance, you may write that ‘Author1 and Author2 (2013) used a 0.5% solution Read More