When submitting manuscripts for peer review, authors are often reluctant to provide information on their manuscript’s submission history, concerned that a prior rejection might reflect badly on their current submission. However, there may be good reasons for...
The Technicast kicks off 2020 with a new episode: Tips for First-Time Authors! Our hosts, Chloe Tuck and Drew Martin, lift the curtain of the peer review process by offering new authors insight into what matters and why. Submitting a manuscript can be...
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) Seminar, New Directions in Scholarly Publishing Models, focused on current and upcoming transitions and disruptions in the publishing industry. The ongoing transition to open access (OA) has spurred alternative paths to...
Image tweaks are common in the realm of scientific journals — but when do authors cross the line between the acceptable and the fraudulent? During the 2019 ISMTE North American Conference (in Durham, NC), two experts shared their insights on what constitutes...
On March 1, 2019, ISMTE held a meeting hosted by Research Square in Durham, NC, led by Cary Moskovitz speaking on the topic, “Text Recycling and Self-Plagiarism: Findings from an NSF-Sponsored Study and Implications for Journal Offices.” Moskovitz, a member of the...
