Kakoli Majumder

The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) announced the winners of their annual awards on September 10, 2015. Kudos has won the ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing…

An author is surprised and confused when the instructions provided by the journal submission system are different from those provided in the author guidelines on the journal website. Which…

Perspectives, opinion pieces, and commentaries are some short scholarly article types that journals publish. This article explains what each of these articles includes, what the usual journal…

Writing a grant proposal requires a lot of time and effort. But all this effort can go waste if the proposal does not conform to the requirements set by the funding agency. Non-conformance to the…

With collaboration and mobility becoming the norm in research, there are cases where a manuscript might have more than one corresponding author. Do journals allow this? Though a seemimgly small issue…

Clinical trials are an important research tool for advancing medical knowledge and healthcare. This article aims to guide you through all the different aspects of a clinical trial: from the types and…

What happens when a journal credits someone else for an article instead of the actual author? Such production errors can occur at the time of publication. But what is disconcerting is that it can…

The landscape of scientific research is fast changing, with the emergence of new global players and upcoming trends that transcend geographical boundaries and reinforce the importance of…

A clinical case report or case study is a means of disseminating new knowledge gained from clinical practice. Clinical case reports are the first-line evidence in medical literature as they present…

The policies concerning the need for ethical approval by an institutional review board or ethics committee can be different in different countries. This can unfairly work against authors wanting to…