For many years, accessing published peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers was strictly by subscription, site licences or pay-per-view charges. However, on September 4, 2018, a group of national research funders, charitable foundations, and European and international organisations—known as cOAlition S—pushed to remove paywalls officially, thereby creating full Open Access to scientific research publications. This […]
The Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was developed in Britain by AstraZeneca in Cambridge and the University of Oxford. It was approved for use in the UK vaccination programme on December 30, 2020. In the last couple of weeks, over 20 European countries have stopped the use of this vaccine due to an unusual reaction that has […]
Open Access (OA) simply means making research publications free for the public to read, and this can help anyone to benefit from the research and even cite it later. Apart from citing, Open Access research can also be re-used for commercial purposes. Types of Open Access Publication Green Open Access: It is also known as […]
The fact that writing a paper consumes time and energy is a norm authors and researchers have come to terms with. But it becomes frustrating and burdensome when they have to do a reformatting for a number of reasons, especially, in situations where a paper gets rejected, or the journal changes their manuscript layout/ template, […]
Wikipedia, from being a mere ‘feeder’ project of another encyclopedia project, Nupedia.com, in January 2001 became the world largest online free-content encyclopedia and reference website. Wikipedia can be fed by everyone but those who do so are called contributors. Articles contributed to Wikipedia can vary from articles on different fields; debates memoirs, movies, to even […]
Writing a manuscript for publication is a multifaceted process. You have to finish the literature review, detailed your methods, discussed your findings and format your figures. The only thing left is the Title. The Title of a manuscript has an important role, and requires more care and consideration. Any manuscript can be divided into three […]
As a result of COVID-19 pandemic, Institutions are shut down all across the world. Education has changed dramatically, with the distinctive rise of e-learning, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. Research suggests that e-learning has been shown to increase retention of information, and take less time, meaning the changes coronavirus have caused […]
World Health Organization (WHO) received report of several cases of pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China on 31 December 2019. One week later, Chinese authorities confirmed the new virus as a coronavirus, which is a family of viruses that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS. It causes a respiratory illness, and can […]
It is imperative for authors to build successful writing careers. Having a writing community, either online or offline, is a good way of boosting a writing career. There are three reasons why you should have a writing community: For objectivity: It is almost impossible for you to be objective about your own work. You might […]
A new trend referred to as hyper authorship has been becoming more popular in recent times especially in projects that involves researches from different nations. More than hundred and even thousands of people can author a work. This trend started with CERN, the Europe’s particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland due to their huge collaborative […]