A fairly straightforward formula is associated with writing scientific and academic papers: the more authoritative the sources, the more credible the work. We start to discover this during our A levels, and as we advance through our education and professions, it only becomes more important. We learn that supporting the most innovative arguments with reference …
Blogs: is it acceptable to cite them as reference sources? Read More »
The perception of Albert Einstein in the public consciousness is of a man with rare scientific gifts, warm humanitarian views, rigorous ethics and, in later years, unruly white hair and a big moustache. His ground-breaking theories and scientific discoveries set him apart as a giant amongst geniuses and a man whose intellectual achievements are respected …
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We’ve all been there. Well, to be factually correct, three-quarters of us have. The fear of public speaking, known as Glossophobia, affects 75% of people in the UK. In addition, 10% of those people describe themselves as ‘terrified’ of presenting and speaking to an audience and actively avoid it at all costs. Glossophobia derives from …
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Kitchens and cottages It’s 1985. I’m spirographing (new verb, courtesy of myself) at the kitchen table, and the solvent smell of paint is wafting across the room. I watch my mother – right leg crossed over the left, right foot tipped up and outwards for no apparent reason. Her face is one of both concentration …
Hooray for International Women’s Day: how far have we come? Read More »
For 350 years, peer review has been the primary method of validating or challenging new studies and theories in science and academia. Yet this age-old system has always been subject to attempts to improve, reinvent and even replace it. Moreover, peer review itself has produced its own mutations, but arguably the most significant challenge to …
The Enlightenment of the eighteenth century transformed science, philosophy and academic study with its new insistence for reason, evidence, logic and freedom. What the Renaissance did for art, the Enlightenment replicated for the sciences. One of its legacies is the peer review system, which, more than 300 years after it developed, remains the only internationally …
Macaulay Culkin’s family didn’t foresee they would leave him alone at Christmas, just as no one could have predicted on March 23rd 2020, that the following 22 months would see so many people working from home. The impact of the rapid move to home working has had a massive and varied effect on people. Some …
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 …
