Can you believe that Christmas is almost upon us again? Here at PA EDitorial, we’re looking forward to good company, good food, and even a few notorious Brussel sprouts. Like us, you’ve probably spent the year with your head in journal articles, and as much as we all love our profession, sometimes we need downtime …
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There are a variety of things we need to incorporate into our research papers to make them exceptional. Forming the idea and its research and planning takes up most of the process and our time in academic writing. We all know that the fundamentals of academic writing are that it should be clear, concise, focused …
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Peer review is a cornerstone of journal publishing, ensuring that the quality and academic integrity of publications is maintained through proper scrutiny of articles. While the purpose of peer review is a positive one, there is still a lot of debate around certain aspects of the process, not least of which is the issue of …
Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘I’m a slow walker, but I never look back’. The system of peer review in academic journals –which scholars have relied on for over 350 years to maintain the highest research standards – functions much the same way. It is slow, sometimes grindingly slow, but it works and is always moving …
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So here we are, ten years later. People say, ‘time flies when you’re having fun,’ which is true, but it also speeds by when you’re working hard and growing a business. I remember sitting on the sofa in the living room of my little terraced house with Pat one evening and deciding to turn our …
Updated: Oct 29, 2021 Are they Marmite? We’ve all experienced the various web-based systems available to manage submissions for scholarly journals. No matter what our role is in working with a submission system, we will undoubtedly have a story to tell about our experience. Journal submission systems: they divide opinions like Marmite! Should we hate …
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** UPDATED 11.12.2020 ** Plan S 2021: A shock or a radical solution for scientific publishing? What is Plan S? ‘S’ for Shock In September 2018, cOAlition S was created by a group of national research funding organisations, in partnership with the European Commission and the European Research Council*. From this collaboration, Plan S was …
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Updated: Oct 29, 2021 What does it mean? Double-blind peer review is a process used by scholarly journals where the reviewer’s identity is hidden from the authors and vice versa. Journals typically require removing any author details in the manuscript, including self-citations, acknowledgements and any associated properties attached to the manuscript file. In 2012, the …
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Once upon a time One day, in 1983, Pat Anderson gave birth to a chubby bundle of joy. Years later, and after a whirlwind of numerous trials and tribulations, that little bundle is now bossing Pat Anderson around, trying to take over the world, and jumping – with enthusiasm – all the hurdles life throws …
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Vaccines and variants The last quarter of 2020 brought positive news of COVID-19 vaccines.[1] It also brought the new variant, SARS-CoV-2. Although the positive and negative landed almost simultaneously, researchers believe that the current vaccines will still provide protection – especially as they can be adjusted if needed. Although infection rates in the UK are …
