2020 was a year of global change on an unprecedented scale. COVID-19 changed how we work, live, and interact with others, and issues like racial injustice took center stage like never before. With that in mind, it is important that we as writers and editors adjust how...
Trends in global research pointed to a more open research environment in the years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, partially due to a push for collaboration among countries and scientists (on the part of organizations such as the World Health Organization),...
With the push toward increased transparency and open access continuing to grow in the scholarly publishing industry, the issue of open peer review is gaining more and more traction. That’s not to say that open peer review is a new concept. Open peer review has been...
Congratulations! You finally finished that story. Now what? Whether you think it’s a terrible first draft and you’re unsure what to do next or it’s your sixth rewrite and you’re ready to send it to publishers, the next step should be editing. But what kind of editing...
Each year, Altmetric, the organization that tracks the online attention published research receives, compiles the Altmetric Top 100, a list of the most-discussed scholarly contributions of the year. Analysis of the Altmetric Top 100 can provide insight into the sizes...
Stick with chemists across the world in celebrating #NationalChemistryWeek 2020 with the theme “Sticking with Chemistry.” In honor of this week, Technica Editorial brought three generations together to make slime. Check it out with a recipe and...
