The number of published papers being retracted is increasing dramatically and is higher than ever before. Although retracted papers still represent a miniscule proportion of the total published…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 16, 2013
A group of three researchers affiliated to different institutions in Chicago, IL, recently published a paper in Nature, in which they have proposed a new formula that researchers can use to predict…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 16, 2013
The pressure to publish is immense; the pressure to publish in high-impact journals, even more so for any young researcher trying to establish a successful research career. This pressure has led to…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 16, 2013
It is that time of the year when the Nobel Prize winners are announced and researchers wait anxiously to see if their specific field of study is recognized. But now as research is becoming more…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 16, 2013
Have you often wondered how your research activities and achievements can be distinguished from those of other researchers with similar names? If your name appears as “Zhang W” on your research…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 16, 2013
An abstract is like a movie trailer. It offers a preview, highlights key points, and helps the audience decide whether to view the entire work. Abstracts are the pivot of a paper and this article…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 16, 2013
The active voice refers to a sentence format that emphasizes the doer of an action. For example, in the sentence “The mice inhaled the tobacco-infused aerosol,” the doer, i.e., “the mice” seem…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- October 16, 2013
The total number of submissions annually, to both international and regional journals, has steadily increased throughout the world. However, the degree of this increase has varied considerably among…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- June 16, 2013