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As a PhD student, you must have invested months in collecting and analyzing data and writing your doctoral thesis or dissertation. Why not make optimum use of all this…
Most governments and the scientific community in general aim to have a humane approach towards animals used in research. Therefore, it is important for authors to follow…
Compliance to guidelines in reporting animal research: A case study
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To circumvent the delays that are inevitable in the journal publication process, scientists these days post preprints of their articles. What exactly are preprints? Why…
The role of preprints in research dissemination
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Many researchers indulge in what is known as ‘outcome switching,’ which means the trial report does not include outcomes that are part of the pre-registration, or…
We have heard of authors not being given credit for a work they have significantly contributed to. However, have you heard of any author who himself wishes to remain…
Publishing a research paper anonymously: A case study
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The pressure to publish or perish can make authors desperate to increase their publication count. However, being tempted to divide a single study and publish it as…
Faced with negative results and a publication bias, authors sometimes resort to unethical means such as tweaking the data or changing the research question, in their…
Publication bias against negative results leads to author's distress: A case study
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The role and definition of authorship in scientific and medical publishing has become increasingly complicated in recent years. With a proliferation of…
Editage conducted a  workshop focused on improving the writing skills of researchers in Brazil. The material for this workshop is available here.
GPP3 is published in September 2015. This Editage lecture was conducted by Dr. Elizabeth Wager. Dr. Wager. In this lecture, she explained the principles behind GPP,…