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Structure of a Descriptive Research Paper

The methods employed in descriptive research are different from those of field research. So their principles of writing and their structures are different as well. Also, these principles might differ based on the chosen topic. But the general principles of writing descriptive research are the same. Read our article to get familiar with them. Read more about Structure of a Descriptive Research Paper

Structure of a Field Research Paper

The general methods and principles governing the reports of scientific research are all based on scientific methods. The American Psychological Association (APA) has provided the authors with a standardized model to facilitate the transfer of research results.

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Structure of a Scientific Article

Writing a research paper requires a plan because the structure of an article is as important as its content. Many research papers are written every day, but only a few of them are published in journals. One of the reasons is the researchers’ inability to correctly organize the structure of their article. This structure differs Read more about Structure of a Scientific Article[…]

Who Is the Audience of a Scientific Journal?

When you are writing a scholarly article, in addition to what you are trying to say, you should also consider your audience. That is, you should think of what your audience thinks of your article. You need to be aware of your audience’s biases, values, expectations, and knowledge. Besides, you should know your purpose in Read more about Who Is the Audience of a Scientific Journal?[…]

Journal Reviewers

Reviewers are the authors and editors’ guide in improving the quality of the articles. They identify the scientific and methodological issues and inform the authors to resolve them. Read more about Journal Reviewers

Authors

The scientific journal should provide accurate instructions for writing and submitting article manuscripts. This helps the journal to establish a favorable relationship with the authors. This relationship must be honest, professional, and polite. Read more about Authors

Who Are the Editor in Chief and Managing Editor? (Part 2)

The Role of the Managing Editor

The role of managing editor varies in different journals, however, she/he is responsible for the day to day work of the journal and must report to the chief editor. The managing editor defines the work processes and makes sure that they are followed. Read more about Who Are the Editor in Chief and Managing Editor? (Part 2)

Launching Manuscript Management System(Part2)

Training reviewers (if possible) could improve the quality of a journal’s reviews and moreover enhance the quality of the submitted article manuscripts. However, members of the editorial board are not qualified to train reviewers, but they can supervise their training and develop brochures or guidelines for this purpose. Read more about Launching Manuscript Management System(Part2)

Who Are the Editor in Chief and Managing Editor?

The editor in chief and managing editor are two completely separate jobs that sometimes have overlapping tasks. These two titles are used interchangeably because the authors and readers of scientific journals and even other types of journals do not know their differences.
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Launching Manuscript Management System(part 2)

Other types of review are listed below:

• Open Review: This method is used in all medical journals, such as BioMed Central and BMJ.
• Open Peer Review: In this method, all of the submitted articles are published and if the authors can receive favorable opinion from three members of the editorial board, their comments will be published with the article.

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Launching Manuscript Management System

The quality of a scientific journal depends on the quality of its content and the reviewers have a critical role in this regard. Journals should not overload their reviewers; furthermore, they should not forget to appreciate the reviewers’ efforts. Besides, the article manuscripts should be initially reviewed before they are sent to the main reviewers. Read more about Launching Manuscript Management System

Responsibilities of a Scientific Journal Office(Part 2)

Article manuscripts may be submitted to the journal through three different methods, namely sending a printed copy, using web-based software, and email. Read more about Responsibilities of a Scientific Journal Office(Part 2)

Responsibilities of a Scientific Journal Office(Part 1)

The success of a scientific journal does not only depend on its scientificity; it also requires precise and accurate management of its publication. One critical issue is managing the manuscripts of submitted or rejected articles. Read more about Responsibilities of a Scientific Journal Office(Part 1)

Indexing

One of the biggest challenges facing scientific journals is being indexed in international and top-rated databases. The benefit of being indexed in such databases, is the availability of the journal to a wide audience, in a short amount of time. Read more about Indexing

How to make scientific journals known

We can’t expect a scientific journal to become famous without making any efforts; even if it has a high quality. There are some procedures for making a scientific journal known, but before taking action, one should consider one’s resources and the required amount of time. In order to fulfill this aim, only an accurate plan is required, which will not cost much.

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Scientific journal publishing methods

Electronic and printed

Journals are often published in both printed and electronic formats. However, the advantages of electronic publishing, such as being inexpensive due to not needing a budget for paper and print, has caused the scientific journals to be published only in electronic format. Electronic publishing can have open access or limited access. Read more about Scientific journal publishing methods

Different methods of publishing a scientific journal

The technological revolution has changed the audiences’ expectations of the scientific journals; therefore, the publishers should consider this matter. The internet has provided scientific journals with many new opportunities and the ability to promote their work. Some of which are listed below: Read more about Different methods of publishing a scientific journal

Finance and Business Planning

Precise, commercial, and financial decisions are essential for continuous article publishing in a  scientific journal. Moreover, it is of utmost importance to consider financial matters. Moreover, the editor in chief should be clear-sighted about the financial resources which can be attracted (e. g. publishing office or virtual subscribers, advertisements, and gaining sponsorship from associations or institutions). Read more about Finance and Business Planning

Publication Ethics-(Part3)

Draft Competition There is a competition for drafts when several articles are written on the basis of one study, but two or more authors are involved. The result will be that the authenticity of the study is diminished and the subject of copyright may be lost. When a scientific content has been published in several Read more about Publication Ethics-(Part3)[…]

Publication Ethics-(Part 2)

Deception Deception involves the presentation of untrue findings, alteration of data, or selective reporting of findings. It is very difficult for a journal to identify this fraud at the point of article submission. However, the editorial board and the reviewers must be aware of the possibility of this fraud because this is a very serious Read more about Publication Ethics-(Part 2)[…]

Publication Ethics-(Part 1)

Unfortunately, unethical research practices and dissemination of the research findings are widespread in the scientific community and are observed in many different shapes and forms. The unethical research behavior, such as spreading misinformation about a formula or making significant changes to the rules could have adverse effects on every subsequent study. The important point is that all researchers tend to use scientifically accepted fundamentals Read more about Publication Ethics-(Part 1)[…]

Scientific Journal Strategies

Outlook Gathering the content related to the goals, context of activity, structure, and form of a journal makes the journal long-term outlook clear and the founders know precisely why the content should be published and how it should be presented. Who is responsible for the success or failure of a scientific journal? The answer to Read more about Scientific Journal Strategies[…]

Provision of satisfactory conditions for draft article submission

Draft articles are the raw materials of a scientific journal without which, journal will cease publication. Many scientific journals start as quarterly; however, their publication may end in failure due to non submission of sufficient drafts in the absence of a thorough planning. Numerous journals are always out there to publish the draft article. In Read more about Provision of satisfactory conditions for draft article submission[…]

Types of Scientific Journals

In addition to the purpose and vision of academic journals, it is necessary to consider the type of journals. Scientific journals may be electronic-, print-, or electronic-print-based publications. However, some scientific organizations do not consider the electronic-only form valid. Nonetheless, the majority of universities and research societies recognize the validity of online science journals. In fact, Read more about Types of Scientific Journals[…]

2nd World Congress on Antibiotics

2nd World Congress on Antibiotics scheduled in London, UK during October 16-17, 2019 with the theme Improving World Health with Antibiotics . Antibiotics 2019 conference is organized to unite scientists, researchers, teachers, business delegates, students and research associates to communicate about their experience, knowledge and also about the on-going research.

How to become a good scientific article writer?

1. Read a lot of articles. In order to gain a deep insight into writing and managing the structure of your article, you need to read a large number of articles in your field of interest. It is recommended to look for articles in reliable databases, such as PubMed.

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Clinical Trial Registration

As mentioned in a previous article, a clinical trial is a type of study which investigates the behaviors of a new treatment or intervention on a group of volunteers. Clinical Trial Registration was introduced as a practice to inform the community of researchers about the initiation of a trial. In this regard, the clinical trials registry in the WHO Registry Network was established as a platform for the registration of clinical trials. Read more about Clinical Trial Registration

Different types of journal publication

Journals have different methods of publication for the accepted articles. This article is a short review of different types of publications.

Ethics and publishing (Part 2)

To develop the discussion on the topic of Ethics, this article explores the issues related to the sources of funding, conflicts of interest, fraud, plagiarism, and duplicate submission.

Ethics and publishing

It is important for some scientific journal authorities to know that the authors have observed ethical issues while conducting their biomedical studies on humans and animals. All the submitted articles to a journal should be checked for their observation of ethical standards (consent from the participants and respect participant withdrawal from the study). Therefore, in case the journal needs the proofs of ethics, the authors should provide the necessary documents.

Editing

Articles are usually subjected to editing even if they were previously peer-reviewed. In fact, articles are usually edited for a couple of times to eliminate their probable errors. The editing process of a journal highly depends on financial resources. The journals with limited budget usually employ one editor or ask their general editorial board to do the editing. In such cases, a member of an editorial board may voluntarily provide editing services which lead to a high volume of tasks. On the other hand, they might not be highly skillful in editing resulting in obvious mistakes. In this regard, editing services are mainly provided in three different types.

Importance of citation rate and impact factor

Citation rate and impact factor are considered as two indicators of journal quality. In traditional approaches, the total number of journal members were suggestive of the importance of a journal. However, this approach was not applicable to open journals since they do not present any hard copy.

Digital Object Identifier(DOI)

Digital Object Identifier commonly recognized as DOI is a standard number used for journal articles, research reports and data sets, and official publications to enhance their accessibility. In fact, DOI is a string of numbers that is exclusively assigned to each article. The DOI helps the publishers to enhance the visibility and quality of their journals.

Indexing

One of the biggest challenges for scientific journals is membership in international indexing databases.  Membership of a journal in such databases enhances the visibility, readability, and availability of articles. Indexing databases are usually classified into three groups, as follows

The content quality of a journal

The quality of a journal is an important issue, which is highly affected by the budget allocated for the journal. Generally, it is expected that each volume of the journal has a higher quality than the previously published volume.  Although having sufficient financial resource is of utmost importance, it is not the only condition for the high quality of a journal. In fact, what counts for the quality of a journal is the right management of an allocated budget.

Tips for the post-review process of an article

The review process of an article may take several months to complete. However, when an article is reviewed, the authors are usually required to provide their replies to the comments of the reviewers in less than 2 weeks. In case the authors fail to follow this process, their article would be rejected and it should again be subjected to the review process.