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The impact factor is one of the most discussed topics in the publishing and scientific community. Thomson Reuters assigns most journals a yearly impact factor (IF),…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- January 8, 2014
Without doubt, all eyes in the academic publishing industry are on the Asia-pacific region now. And this is not surprising, as over the last few years, this region has…
- Kakoli Majumder
- January 3, 2014
Ghost authorship has been one of the persistent problems in medical writing, which this article discusses in detail.
- Sneha Kulkarni
- December 2, 2013
How can you measure the quality of a research paper? More importantly, how can you determine whether your research is making an impact and is considered important? An…
- Editage Insights
- November 4, 2013
The number of publications to a researcher’s credit seems to matter more than the quality of the work done. How did the publishing industry get to this point? How can…
- Clarinda Cerejo
- November 1, 2013
If you are reading this article, chances are that you know at least one language other than English. Yet, when it comes to writing about your research and, more…
- Yateendra Joshi
- October 30, 2013
Statistics on the predominance of English in the number of journals, the number of publications, the number of publishers, and so on are easy to find and speak for…
- Yateendra Joshi
- October 30, 2013
Publication bias refers to a phenomenon in scientific reporting whereby authors are more likely to submit and journal editors are more likely to publish studies with …
- Velany Rodrigues
- October 29, 2013
This article discusses the latest available statistics on China’s progress in R&D, based on a global publishing report released by Thomson ReutersTM in February 2013…
- Nitin Nair
- October 21, 2013
Wouldn’t it be interesting to know what the academic world thinks of open access (OA) publishing and related topics, such as peer review, licensing, re-use, and metrics?…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- October 21, 2013