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What is the effect of a journal going open-access on its impact factor?
I recently saw this reasonably interesting graphic regarding journals and open access.
As many of you know, there is a large discussion about open access. It appears to be most strong within ...
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How does a university award honorary doctorate?
Important scholars (e.g. Nobel laureates) regularly receive honorary doctorate from different universities. I know that the Board of Trustees (or a similar board) reviews available nominations and ...
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Does “corresponding author” carry an implied meaning?
After reading the question Mentor trying to be first author?, I got the impression that (at least in the writers' field) the "corresponding author" flag could carry an implied meaning, such as "did ...
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How much can you share unpublished forum articles?
There are some journals, such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences, that publish a single target article per issue, followed by 20 to 30 commentaries on that article, and then a rebuttal/synthesis from ...
