Introducing ACS Reviewer Lab

On February 16, 2018, the local North Carolina chapter of ISMTE met at Research Square in Durham.  The main goal of the meeting was an introduction to the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) new Reviewer Lab initiative. Technica Editorial was on hand for the...

Can I Share? The Need for Repository Policies

Just as with science, the world of academic publishing is full of cause and effects. We had a recent blog post regarding ResearchGate and whether or not science and social media can coexist. This rise in academic social media presence and a desire to share material...

Can Science and Social Media Coexist?

A new fight is brewing in the world of scholarly publishing and it is centered on ResearchGate. For those who don’t know, ResearchGate is arguably the world’s largest social media website for scientists and science writers—used by some 60 percent of academics. In...

Who are the Peers in Peer Review?

So much of scholarly publishing has been built on the promise that articles are reviewed and recommended by peers.  For most journals in science research, authors tend to go through a rigorous peer review process before their paper comes close to publication.  Yet,...

A Copy Editor’s Nightmare: Five of the Most Common Mistakes

Everyone makes mistakes, even copy editors. If you’re submitting a manuscript or paper, though, you should make every effort to check your work and, if possible, have someone else check it, too. While it’s not always true that a clean manuscript is a good manuscript,...