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Technica Editorial and Other Editors Say Thank You #PeerRevWk2016
In order to celebrate Peer Review Week and recognize the contributions and importance of peer review, Technica Editorial has collected comments from authors, editors and reviewers about the importance of the process. Here are just a few comments about peer review’s...
Everything You Need to Know About Rightslink
Are you an author who needs permission to reuse or adapt text, figures, or tables from a pre-existing publication? Are you on a deadline and worried that the process will take too much time to complete? Are you tired of the messy envelopes and painful paper cuts...
Journal Tools to Reduce an Author’s Stress
Producing a scholarly manuscript is hard work. The process includes researching, editing, finding the right journal, finding the right document format that can allow for collaborative editing, and ultimately getting people to actually read your research and track...
There’s an “I” in “Edit” But Not in “Team”
When folks outside the publishing industry hear the words “editor” or “proofreader,” they often think of one single person making corrections to a paper or book. However, that couldn’t be further from the truth; editing is a group effort. I’ve always thought of the...
The Proof is in the Pudding: Networking, Success, and Cliches
You know those sayings that are so ingrained in your brain that you can’t even remember how or when you first heard them — the ones you hated when your mom would use them for comfort or a life lesson but you now find yourself counseling others with? Two wrongs...
What You Need to Know About Conflict of Interest
In the world of publication, conflicts of interest are taken very seriously. Yet, it is also easy for an author or reviewer to miss conflicts of interest if they are not fully aware of what a conflict of interest is. So, what is a conflict of interest? A conflict...
There Are Plenty of Fish in the Publishing Sea
No matter who you are, you have likely experienced the dating world. And if you are in the writing/editing industry, you have probably also tried to get your work published. These two worlds might seem unrelated, but, when you take a closer look, they have much...
Reference management software: a must-have for authors
The moment is here. After years of planning, experimentation, and analysis you are ready to publish your findings and share your discoveries. Your desktop is littered with manuscript versions one through twelve and your eyes are watering as you scan the final...
STM Publishing and India
Several generations ago, when people in the US imagined what the future might look like, their most optimistic ideas tended toward a kind of Intergalactic Techno-Utopianism best represented in media by L. Ron Hubbard, The Jetsons, or various comic books...
To Catch a Predatory Publisher: Avoiding Scholarly Scams
For researchers, the road to publication is often a difficult one — and it just got even trickier. With the advent of open-access (OA) journals in which authors often pay a fee to be published, the scholarly publishing world has been the target of many scams. Fake...