Papers sent out to journals and (in particular) grant applications are more likely to be rejected than accepted (or funded). That said, it helps to understand rejection and also look for a silver linking. This article explains both these points.

Did you know that less than ten percent of PhD students currently enrolled in the UK go on to work in academia after graduation? 

'Gift authorship’ is one of the most common kinds of unethical behaviour seen in academic publishing. In this practice, an author is added to a paper when they have not actually made a contribution to the work, perhaps to reward a collaborator, return a favour, or for some other gain. 

Plan S, a radical new European Union-driven mandate for Open Access publishing looks good. But is it so great for researchers? Academics appreciate grant funding, of course, but also like maximum flexibility when it comes to where and how to publish their work.

Today, February 12^th, is Darwin Day, the 210^th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, probably the most famous scientist to have ever lived.

Write to an editor if you feel too much time has passed between submission and the return of reviews.

Re-using an image from an earlier paper is re-publishing something that you, or another author, has previously used in an earlier article. This is possible, but requires permission in some form or another.

LONDON: 12th December 2019 The Charlesworth Group extends the scope of its WeChat account management service for Dove Medical Press Ltd, part of the Taylor and Francis Group, with the launch of a new WeChat mini-program, designed to help Dove increase engagement with its Chinese author community. 

Academic research articles are published following one of two basic models, either ‘traditional’ or open access (OA). Authors are usually charged an article processing charge (APC) in the OA model and then usually paid personally at the institutional level, or from research grants (the industry-preferred model).

LONDON December 18 2019: The Charlesworth Group celebrates its 20^th anniversary helping academics and scholarly publishers as the market-leading experts in China. 

One of the best ways of sharing your research is by publishing your findings, innovative methodologies or original knowledge that you have created through your PhD. 

A clearly written, engaging conference abstract will raise your chances of being accepted to present at the conference. So, it is worth investing the time to prepare this part of your submission well.

The PhD can often feel overwhelming to researchers who are just starting the journey.

The idea of promoting yourself can seem awkward.  However, with it becoming ever more competitive to secure positions and funding in academia, we all need to showcase our experience and achievements, and ensure that potential employers can see our best qualities.

What do I write? How do I start writing? Is my writing good enough? If you’ve found yourself asking these questions, you are not alone. 

A journal’s ‘house style’ is the formatting of its published articles, such as the font size and style, headings used, reference style, etc. The house style can also dictate aspects of the paper such as word limits (for the entire paper or specific sections), as well as the number of figures and graphs that can be included and the file formats of these display elements.

Writing requires consolidation of multiple ideas and theories and the discussion of complex concepts. It is this stage that many PhD students find most challenging. This article offers alternative, creative methods for finding and maintaining the motivation to write. 

A preprint is a research article draft completed prior to publication that is then publicly shared by the author(s) prior to, or after, formal journal-controlled peer review, but before publication. Preprints are documents that are often not typeset or built into online content.

Open access (OA) publishing is a relatively recent development in the scientific world, and describes a publishing model in which articles are freely available, unlike the more traditional model of scientific publishing which requires readers to pay to access articles.

Before submitting your manuscript to an academic journal, it is important to format it according to the journal’s guidelines. This article discusses things to do before you begin the actual formatting.