Everything You Need to Know about Open Access
With the advent of the internet and emergence of digital archiving, access to information has significantly increased. A major milestone in making information publicly and freely available was the Human Genome Project. In early 2000,…
Understanding Research Ethics: How to Prevent Plagiarism
Responsible conduct of research is quintessential in maintaining scientific integrity...
A Guide to Biostatistics in Clinical Research
Biostatistics in clinical research is important to collect, analyze, present, and interpret data. It finds applications in various fields such as epidemiology, clinical trials, population genetics, systems biology, and more. In clinical…
Clinical Trials: The Fundamentals
Clinical trials are an important part of medical research and these investigations help determine how new treatments will work in human patients and also in collecting valuable data about the effects of new drugs, medical approaches, and…
如何順利通過博士口考
首先恭喜你在歷經無數日夜之後，終於完成了博士論文的寫作！但是你不能鬆懈，因為在送出論文之後另一個挑戰將至，那就是博士答辯。這場與同領域前輩專家面對面的交流與討論，是獲得博士學位的必經之路，作為博士候選人，你是否做好了充分準備？我擔任了多年的口考委員，想給正在準備答辯的你提供一些建議。
正視答辯前的緊張…
學術圈中日益增長的引用率操縱會帶來哪些影響？
對於研究人員來說，發表研究論文是在學術圈中生存發展的必要法則，而引用率則是研究工作為同儕關注和認可的重要標誌。科睿唯安公司Web of Science團隊每年都會發佈一份「高被引學者名單」，透過整理全球的科研界資訊來追踪科研發展。
最新發佈的「高被引學者名單」
「高被引學者名單」列出了發表多篇高被引論文的科學家和社會科學家。這些文章必須在該年Web of…
How to Avoid Rejections Due to Language Mistakes
Desk rejection due to poor language is a critical impediment to successful publication in established...
請停止粗暴的同儕審閱行為
我在博士階段發表第一篇論文的經歷是一場惡夢：第一輪送審就遇到不專業的同儕審閱人，對我文章語言專業性的批判，無限上綱到對我個人寫作及研究能力的質疑，讓我一度自我懷疑。如果這只是我個人的遭遇就罷了，糟糕的是，這種不專業的同儕審閱非常普遍，造成的負面影響很嚴重，尤其是對屬於較弱勢群體的作者。
同儕審閱的理想與現實
同儕審閱是學術出版過程中的關鍵環節。合格的審閱人應該提供合理的改進建議，為期刊發表的學術論文進行把關。然而，一項最近發表在Peer…