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By getting your journal indexed in a well-known database, you can increase its visibility, accessibility, and readership. This post provides an overview of indexing and…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- May 20, 2015
- 115.8k views
Journal editors face various challenges while appointing reviewers. This post discusses these challenges and how editors deal with them.
- Dr. Helle V. Goldman
- April 8, 2015
- 29.4k views
This article shares some great tips for regional or local journals that are looking to expand their scope and become international so that they can reach out to a global…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- October 27, 2014
- 28.8k views
Do you want to become a peer reviewer for a journal? Do you know the kinds of questions peer reviewers ask and the best practices peer reviewers follow when reviewing a…
- Wolters Kluwer
- April 22, 2016
- 23.3k views
Peer reviewers are supposed to be the gatekeepers of science, but unfortunately, sometimes peer reviewers are also guilty of misconduct. This case study tracks an…
- Kakoli Majumder
- November 28, 2014
- 22.4k views
How authors, reviewers, and editors perceive peer review: An overview of the Taylor & Francis report
Peer review is considered by most scholars to be a reliable method of evaluating research qualitatively. But what are the perspectives of authors, peer reivewers, and…
- Sneha Kulkarni
- November 14, 2015
- 19.9k views
This post, co-authored by Sylwia B. Ufnalska and Arjan K.S. Polderman, drafts a list of golden rules for editors.
- Sylwia Ufnalska
- October 8, 2014
- 19.2k views
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
- 19.1k views
Most authors find it difficult to handle peer reviewer comments. On the other hand, they find it equally difficult to step into the shoes of reviewers themselves. This…
- Sandra V. Kotsis
- July 6, 2015
- 13.5k views
When a journal does not provide clear information about the APC on its website, but informs the author of the amount only after acceptance, the author finds the charges…
- Kakoli Majumder
- September 29, 2015
- 13.2k views