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Conducting Research
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?…
- Kakoli Majumder
- August 1, 2015
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…
- Kakoli Majumder
- July 24, 2015
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…
- Kakoli Majumder
- July 3, 2015
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…
- Kakoli Majumder
- June 8, 2015
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…
- Kakoli Majumder
- June 2, 2015
This post reviews the book Writing for Science Journals: Tips, Tricks, and a Learning plan, an immensely useful resource for authors
- Yateendra Joshi
- May 12, 2015
Take this quiz to find out how much you know about academic writing and publication. If you get all questions right, you get the right to brag about it to your…
- Kakoli Majumder
- May 11, 2015
Systematic reviews are regarded as the best source of research evidence. A systematic review is a rigorous review of existing literature that addresses a clearly…
- Kakoli Majumder
- April 29, 2015
Every researcher conducts a literature search to ensure that the topic he or she has chosen to work on has not been published earlier. But what happens if, after…
- Kakoli Majumder
- April 17, 2015
Many journals publish literature reviews as standalone articles. Literature reviews, along with systematic reviews and meta-analyses come under the broad category of…
- Kakoli Majumder
- April 2, 2015