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Has COVID-19 Made Traditional Peer Review A Thing of the Past?
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended virtually all aspects of our daily lives—from how we go to work and school to the ways we greet each other. And the methods for publishing scientific articles certainly have not been immune to these major changes. In a “normal”...
Technicast: ISMTE Recap
The Technicast is back! Despite the current pandemic, Technica Editorial was a part of the first ever virtual ISMTE North America Conference. The employees that attended provided a recap for our listeners highlighting their favorite moments and discussions from...
Journal Indexing 101 Part III: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Journal Indexing Even if you’ve studied the steps for successful indexing and feel you’ve met all of the required criteria, the first-time success rate for acceptance in the major indexes is quite low. In fact, 60–80% of applicants are rejected on their first try....
Unsub: The Latest Tool in Scholarly Journal Management
The economic toll of COVID-19 has proven wide-reaching over the last several months. It has not only led to businesses shutting down, high unemployment rates, and the cancellation of most public events, but the toll on education and academic institutions has been...
The Importance of Science Communication in the Time of COVID-19
Science touches and intertwines through all of our lives, making us stakeholders in many scientific arenas. Most recently, the race to tackle COVID-19, coinciding with a shift in open access policies of institutional research around the globe, has reminded us of...
Journal Indexing 101 Part II: First Steps for Successful Indexing
So you’ve researched the benefits of discoverability and decided you’re ready to explore including your journal in one or more indexes. Knowing where to begin can sometimes be the most daunting part. The first thing you’ll need to decide is which indexes you will...
In Search of the Perfect Metric: Comparing Three Models
An aspect of publishing that is critically important to publishers and authors alike is the metric that measures a journal’s significance in its field. The impact factor has long reigned as the preeminent yardstick for a journal’s relevance and importance. It...
Journal Indexing 101 Part I: Benefits of Discoverability
In today’s crowded marketplace, journals are always looking for a way to stand out among their competitors. One such way is to prioritize index inclusion. If you’re new to indexing, in their most basic form, journal indexes are bibliographic databases with links to...
How to Create Effective Author Guidelines for Your Journal
For editorial staff, it can be frustrating when authors submit manuscripts that clearly don’t follow the journal guidelines. This could be because authors didn’t read through the guidelines before submitting, but it could also be that the author guidelines are...
Five Tips for Creating a Good Special Issue
As previously mentioned, declining journal submissions is a problem that almost all publishers face at some point. For many journals, one of the best ways to increase their number of submissions and drum up interest is by having a special issue. But what is a...