Aims and Scope Cell publishes findings of unusual significance in any area of experimental biology, including but not limited to cell biology, molecular biology, neuroscience, immunology, virology and microbiology, cancer, human genetics, systems biology, signaling, Read More
Articles
Other Content Types
As a science editor, you will be confronted with tables that your authors have prepared and incorporated into their documents; very rarely will you be required to prepare a table from scratch. Given a table Read More
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in 2014 and has been refreshed. Wouldn’t it be interesting to know how the general public perceives science and what their views are about researchers? The Public Read More
Abstract An inconsistent manuscript style and inappropriate presentation of the content hinder the legibility and comprehension, thus reducing the influence of a scientific work. In this essay, published in European Science Editing and reproduced here Read More
[This article, written by Dr. Donald Samulack, appeared in the “Winding Path” section in the April 2014 issue of the Editorial Office News, a publication from the International Society of Managing & Technical Read More
This article published in Learned Publishing presents an experience-based opinion on resources that would help author’s editors working on scientific manuscripts perform their tasks more efficiently. Citation Awati, Mriganka. “A science editor’s wishlist.” Read More
Getting your work published in a peer-reviewed journal almost always involves revising your manuscript at least once. It’s not unusual for a contributor to Polar Research, the journal I edit, to be asked to Read More
Knowing a bit about journal publishing helps authors to see their contribution in a context since authors are affected by the policies adopted by publishers of journals. Take the matter of page charges, for example: Read More
Currently, many journal articles contain statistical flaws. Journal editors and researchers are becoming increasingly concerned with the incorrect reporting of statistical data. The author shares whether copy-editors should be able to spot and correct statistical Read More
The perplexing case of the STAP cell research, which caught the world’s attention, continues to remain in the news. You can read the entire story in brief here. In a new development on April 1, 2014, Read More