Press Release, Shannon, March 24, 2020 International Science Editing Supporting the Scientific Research Community in the Global Effort to Contain COVID–19 For nearly 30 years, International Science Editing (ISE) has striven to take care of authors by providing high quality editorial services and customer support. These enduring values guide us during these difficult times. Our […]
COVID-19-related resources for academics
In this short blog, we discuss the latest resources and initiatives freely available to academics and the public to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Preprint servers and expedited peer-review Preprint servers are the fastest way to disseminate your research. Over 600 COVID-19-related preprints have already been posted on medRxiv and bioRxiv (see here for latest statistics). […]
China to end the reign of the impact factor?
Despite numerous commentators denouncing the metric and many prestigious journals discontinuing its use as a promotional tool, the journal impact factor (JIF) refuses to go away and remains pervasive in scientific publishing. “The impact factor is a statistically indefensible indicator of journal performance; it flatters to deceive, distributing credit that has been earned by only […]
Is it misconduct to submit a translated version of a published paper to another journal?
The short answer … Yes – if you do not declare that it is a translated version of an already published paper. No – if you make it clear that it is a translated version, i.e., not original research. This blog English is the (current) universal language of science. The pressure on English-as-a-second-language (ESL) researchers […]
How to write a figure caption
Figure captions should be standalone, i.e., descriptive enough to be understood without having to refer to the main text. Effective captions typically include the following elements: a declarative title that summarises the result or major finding of the data you are presenting in the figure; a brief description of the methods necessary to understand the […]
