ScienceRise: Biological Science: Announcements

How political situations affect author safety

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:57:02 +0200

COPE recommends that each case be assessed carefully based on as much information as possible, and that full records be kept of the actions taken. Where retraction would not normally be warranted on the basis of an author wishing to disassociate themselves from an article, the safety of humans comes before issues of publication ethics. Editors may therefore choose to issue an editorial note indicating the authors’ removal (if possible without retraction of the paper). The publisher should also consider contacting the authors’ institution(s) as long as that would not pose additional threats to any of the authors.

There are other, practical, issues which editors will need to discuss. Ideally, journals should have policies in place for dealing with situations like this so that they have protocols to draw on. Editors will need to think about the wording of any removal notice as the metadata (including the author list) will usually be left intact. It may be necessary to take advice from legal teams to see if this information can be completely removed; this can be difficult but author safety can outweigh usual practices. Editors should also satisfy themselves as far as possible that there are no other reasons for seeking removal of author names which would not warrant the record being changed.

There are several support agencies who can provide other assistance for authors in this position and it may be helpful to refer individuals here. For example, the Council for At-Risk Academics, and Scholars at Risk.

THE TIME FOR ANNUAL SCIENCE REPORTS IS APPROACHING! WE HAVE A BONUS FOR YOU!

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 13:50:35 +0300

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Time for reports and summarizing scientific results in 2023!

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:48:15 +0200

We recommend the XII Scientific Conference "Scientific Results 2023".

For 12 years now, scientists have been summarizing their scientific activities with us and have the opportunity to test the results of their dissertation research. Archives of our conferences

The deadline for abstract submission is 10.12.2023.
Languages of the report: Ukrainian, English
Requirements

The reports will be posted on the website of our publishing house PC TECHNOLOGY CENTER within the framework of the "open science" concept.

A certificate of participation with a QR code is required.

Send abstracts to info@entc.com.ua
Contact: +38 (050) 381-10-77

Attention! Scammers!

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 18:41:26 +0300

We inform you that scammers tried to lure money from one of the members of the editorial board of one of our journals by signing the name of the editor-in-chief Igor Lutsenko.

After our operational investigation, it turned out that the same letter is being sent to other journals around the world (authors and members of the editorial board) - https://www.mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/newsletter5

Check out the screenshot of the email being sent.

If you receive such a letter, ignore it. These are scammers.

Please always double-check the information with the addressee or contact us at the phone or email contact numbers listed on the website to clarify the information contained in the letter.

Be vigilant, as international criminal elements are using the war in Ukraine for their criminal purposes.

In any case, inform our editors if you receive such letters.

Publication at the expense of state and other funds

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:48:06 +0300

THE STATE MANAGEMENT OF SCIENCE IN AFRICA HAS PROVED ITS LEADING POSITION IN CARING FOR ITS SCIENTISTS

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:22:36 +0300

DOAJ is confirmed as a key index for African journals

Recognizing DOAJ as a key index for journals in other countries will be a positive factor in reducing the monopoly of Web of Science and Scopus. Science knows no boundaries, so when the procedure for assessing the quality of scientific work is monopolized, science itself suffers. And the evidence of this statement lies on the surface: any author, referring to his/her manuscript to some journal, asks the first question: "Is this journal included in the Web of Science and Scopus?". That is, the main thing for the creator of a scientific work is not the desire to share his developments with the world, but the desire to satisfy the formal requirements of the ministries according to the criterion of belonging of the journal to two "promoted" resources. At the same time, it is surprising that in most cases access to the publication is closed by these resources, which significantly reduces its chances of being seen and appreciated by the world community. It is this problem that is being solved, placement of the publication in DOAJ, as a platform with strict criteria for the selection of journals, confirming that the quality of publications in such journals may be higher than the quality of publications in journals indexed by Web of Science and Scopus.

Fair competition ‒ surely no one minds?

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 14:13:06 +0300

DOAJ comes to high positions compared to Web of Science or Scopus

Only 10% of ISSNs and 10% of all known open access journals are covered in Web of Science or Scopus. DOAJ listed the largest number of quality Open Access journals by far!

While many journals in Web of Science and Scopus are not currently listed in DOAJ (often because they don’t meet criteria DOAJ), large numbers of quality open access journals in DOAJ are not included in either of those services (see Figure below). DOAJ indexes 11,730 journals that will not be found in Web of Science and 11,229 journals that are not in Scopus. DOAJ is, therefore, much more inclusive in its global coverage of open access journals than either Web of Science or Scopus.

A recently published study using DOAJ data also concluded that Web of Science and SCOPUS were less inclusive than DOAJ.

Thus, DOAJ is confirmed as a unique platform for many open access journals. In particular, DOAJ is confirmed as a key index for African journals! By this, the state management of science in Africa has proved its leading position in caring for its scientists and the value of their work!

Recognizing DOAJ as a key index for journals in other countries will be a positive factor in reducing the monopoly of Web of Science and Scopus. Science knows no boundaries, so when the procedure for assessing the quality of scientific work is monopolized, science itself suffers. And the evidence of this statement lies on the surface: any author, referring to his/her manuscript to some journal, asks the first question: "Is this journal included on the Web of Science and Scopus?". That is, the main thing for the creator of a scientific work is not the desire to share his developments with the world, but the desire to satisfy the formal requirements of the ministries according to the criterion of belonging of the journal to two "promoted" resources. At the same time, it is surprising that in most cases access to the publication is closed by these resources, which significantly reduces its chances of being seen and appreciated by the world community. It is this problem that is being solved, placement of the publication in DOAJ, as a platform with strict criteria for the selection of journals, confirming that the quality of publications in such journals may be higher than the quality of publications in journals indexed by Web of Science and Scopus.

Surely both Web of Science and Scopus are not against fair competition because it allows one to move forward, evolving and creating new opportunities for the development and dissemination of scientific knowledge.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS TO THE JOURNAL ScienceRise: Biological Science FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:32:17 +0200

Article type "Brief message".

A distinctive feature of the following articles is the publication of operational results of the current research, without much systematization or generalization.

The purpose of such articles is to provide readers with quick information on the obtained primary data and their interpretation in a compressed form with the maximum representation of the results in figures and tables. This presentation significantly attracts readers due to the reduction of time to work with the article in the framework of their research (formation of literature reviews). For postgraduate authors, this reduces the time to prepare the manuscript and increases the likelihood of their citation. ).

Volume – 6-8 pages, Times New Roman 14, spacing 1, margins 20 mm on all sides, indentation 1.25

Features of this type of articles:

The manuscript is limited to 6–8 pages.
Structure of the manuscript:

Title

Authors (information about authors)

Summary

Keywords

Introduction
Materials and Methods
Result and discussions
Conclusions

Acknowledgments (if necessary)

Conflicts of interest (declaration of the absence/presence of a conflict of interest)

Financing (information about the presence / absence of funding for these studies)

References

In section 3. Result and discussions, preference is given not to text, but to graphics (figures, tables, final formulas)

Suggestions for content:

Title

The name should focus not on the research process (“Research ...” or “Analysis ...”), but on the result (“Identification of features ...”, “Detection of dependence ..”, “Detection of patterns ...”, “Determination of the mechanism ... of the process ...” and t. i.)

Authors

Information about the authors should contain: full name and first name last name (in English, as in a passport), scientific degree (for a co-author of a graduate student, for example a supervisor), academic title (for a co-author of a graduate student, for example a supervisor), department, university (name, address ), personal E-mail.

Summary

Structure:

The aim (the aim of the study), Materials and methods, Results. Conclusions.

Volume: 1800-1900 characters

Keywords – 10 unique words that best represent the article

Introduction

A brief justification for the relevance of the topic, a brief overview of the most important scientific articles in the world on this topic (from the resources of Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, DOAJ), the problem under consideration is the purpose of the study.

Materials and Methods

Brief description of the object and hypothesis of the study, materials (reagents, etc.), equipment, software, conditions for the experiment and data processing method

Result and discussions

The main results are mainly in the form of figures, tables, formulas with concise comments on what you need to pay special attention to in these figures, tables, formulas.

Discussion is a brief interpretation (what can explain the results), limitations of the study (conditions and limits of applicability of the results), possible directions for further development of the study

Conclusions

Main conclusions: the essence of the results obtained (features, distinctive features)

References

The number of references to the literature in the article should be within 10–12, of which at least 60% are in the Introduction section.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS TO THE JOURNAL ScienceRise: Biological Science FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:04:33 +0200

Article type "Brief message".

A distinctive feature of the following articles is the publication of operational results of the current research, without much systematization or generalization.

Volume – 6-8 pages, Times New Roman 14, spacing 1, margins 20 mm on all sides, indentation 1.25

Features of this type of articles:

The manuscript is limited to 6–8 pages.
Structure of the manuscript:

Title

Authors (information about authors)

Summary

Keywords

Introduction
Materials and Methods
Result and discussions
Conclusions

Acknowledgments (if necessary)

Conflicts of interest (declaration of the absence/presence of a conflict of interest)

Financing (information about the presence / absence of funding for these studies)

References

In section 3. Result and discussions, preference is given not to text, but to graphics (figures, tables, final formulas)

Suggestions for content:

Title

Authors

Summary

Structure:

The aim (the aim of the study), Materials and methods, Results. Conclusions.

Volume: 1800-1900 characters

Keywords – 10 unique words that best represent the article

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Brief description of the object and hypothesis of the study, materials (reagents, etc.), equipment, software, conditions for the experiment and data processing method

Result and discussions

The main results are mainly in the form of figures, tables, formulas with concise comments on what you need to pay special attention to in these figures, tables, formulas.

Conclusions

Main conclusions: the essence of the results obtained (features, distinctive features)

References

The number of references to the literature in the article should be within 10–12, of which at least 60% are in the Introduction section.

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Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:22:13 +0200

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A useful video from our partners CLUBSCIENCE

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 11:05:10 +0300

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Support the journal on Publons

Sat, 21 May 2022 05:30:45 +0300

Publons is a platform from Clarivate Analytics that provides a free service for tracking, monitoring, reviewing, and displaying scientists' publications, citation rates, reviews, and journal editors. The system allows users to upload their articles, papers and monographs, even if they are not indexed in Web of Science, and stores the author's review history for scientific journals. Publons allows you to evaluate a scientist's contributions as an author, reviewer, or editor. Thus, Publons is a great opportunity to expand the colony of professional communication and increase one's ranking.

The publisher is interested in the success of authors and reviewers, because their rating affects the rating of the journal in one way or another. Today, PC TECHNOLOGY CENTER invites you to visit our Publons page and support our journal by clicking on "ENDORSE THIS JOURNAL" in the publisher's profile ScienceRise: Biological Science https://publons.com/journal/227446/sciencerise-biological-science/

By doing so, you will help other scholars to see our publications, and your audience may be the one who will demand our articles.

Our publisher strongly encourages all reviewers, authors, and editors to join Publons. And if you are our reviewer, join the review team as soon as possible and get to the top of the list!

ScienceRise: Biological Science journal has been included in category "B" in Veterinary Sciences

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:17:47 +0300

Attention! PC ТЕСHNOLOGY СЕNTЕR immediately terminates any cooperation with Russian scientists!

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 22:21:37 +0200

The Publishing House PC ТЕСHNOLOGY СЕNTЕR immediately terminates any cooperation with Russian scientists.

Therefore, we emphasize the following:
1. Three author groups from Russia were denied the right to publish monographs by our publishing house indexed by Scopus.
2. 17 authors from Russia who submitted their manuscripts for publication in the magazines of our publishing house were refused.
3. Scientists from Russia and Belarus have been excluded from the editorial boards of all journals of our publishing house.

In the future, any cooperation with scientists from the aggressor country is absolutely impossible.

Appeal to the authors

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:33:16 +0200

Better to see once than hear a hundred times

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:09:23 +0200

It is this principle that editors are guided by when they check the figures that the authors provide in their manuscript.

Today, when the Internet occupies a large place in the life of scientists, it is important to save good quality web pages that can be used to illustrate your research in manuscripts.

We bring to your attention the video instruction «How to save a good quality web page»

Continue about quartiles…

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 18:05:41 +0200

Today we’ll consider how to check a quartile of a journal, indexed by Web of Science.

You must visit the site Web of Science.

Then You must select a database for searching, select searching by names of editions and enter a name of a searched journal

In searching results it is necessary to open any article of a searched journal

It is necessary to open «View Journal Impact» at the page of the article and to review a quartile of the journal

How to search for editions indexed by Scopus by quartile?

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:40:51 +0200

According to order of MES Ukraine No. 1220 of September 23, 2019, it is necessary to have publications in the Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 journals, but how can I find the journals of the necessary quartiles, or find out which quartile the publication belongs to?

The quartiles of journals are determined by the Scopus and Web of Science scientometric databases.

Today we bring to your attention the video instruction «How to find the journal of the necessary quartile in Scopus».

Video at link

Follow the news, next time we will tell you how to search for quartiles of journals in the Web of Science scientific database.

Are you planning to submit a paper to the publications by Elsevier, but cannot find the price of the article at the journal's internet site?

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 18:48:29 +0200

World leading publishers (Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, etc.) that issue hundreds of journals provide payment information on a separate page of the internet site, so it's sometimes difficult for an author to find information on the price for a publication directly at the journal's page.

We urge researchers to carefully track such information, so as not to face an unpleasant situation.

For example, the list of prices for articles by the publisher Elsevier can be downloaded following the link

Did you publish an article in the journal that Scopus is indexing, but the article is not indexed? How to fix it?

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 18:48:04 +0200

If you see that the journal’s articles are indexed, but yours isn’t, and do not rush to get upset and start a quarrel with the publisher. Scopus managers often skip articles when indexing (recall that the publisher does not provide any information to Scopus on the articles). Therefore, you need to make a request on your own in Scopus so that your article is indexed.

Please note that if the entire issue of the journal has not yet been indexed, then such a request will speed up the indexing of your article.

Instructions on how to make a request in Scopus can be found here

Are you interested in patents? Do you use Derwent Innovations Index?

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 13:19:38 +0200

Derwent Innovations Index is a unified collection of unique patent-related information with additions, which was given by more than 50 patent bodies and indexed by Derwent World Patent Index (from 1963 to present), with the citation of patents, indexed by Derwent Patents Citation Index (from 1973 to present).

Derwent Innovations Index is one of the Web of Science databases.

In each description, you will find the title, patent number, inventors, names and codes of patent holders, annotations, international patent classification, as well as other useful information.

We continue the topic on funding research

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:09:47 +0200

Yesterday, we wondered where one could find funding for own research and demonstrated then how to search for financing organizations in scientometric databases (link). Today, we look at where to find grants for research funding. If you have already been registered at Mendeley, the social network for scientists, then we immediately proceed to the tab Funding. If not registered yet, we recommend that you should do this (link).

At the Funding tab, you can look through a large collection of different proposals from grantees from all over the world. You can select your category, do a subject search, check conditions, a grant amount, and see how many days are left until the deadline.

How to find funding for your research?

Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:31:36 +0200

One of the main problems for scientists is the lack of funding to conduct research. In the modern Internet-connected world, the search for finances becomes easier. Today we will tell how to find funding organizations by using scientometric databases. To this end, you need to have a subscription access to the scientometric databases Scopus and/or Web of Science. First, search for documents on your subject (the most accurate search) and then use the publications filter on the left side of the bar (for both resources). Among the different filtering indicators, you can find, for Scopus, «Funding sponsor», and, for the Web of Science, «Funding Agencie» Thus you will receive a list of organizations that fund research on your topic. You can contact these organizations with a proposal to provide funding to your research.

You can’t decide, what journal, indexed by Scopus, to search for publication?

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:17:49 +0200

If You have searched several journals, different by publication conditions, but can’t decide, which is the better for publishing your article, you may use the tool Scopus «Compare source» (subscribed version of Scopus).

Visual graphs help You to compare several journals easily and to make Your choice

How to conduct a systematic review

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 18:40:18 +0200

If you are considering embarking on a systematic review, there are several issues you need to contemplate if you wish to conduct one. In healthcare, for example, the first step would be to define an explicit research question by using the PICOTS (Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcome, Timing, Setting) framework, and also register the protocol for the review on PROSPERO, the international database of prospectively registered systematic reviews. Protocols provide a complete detailed description of the process by which the review will be conducted. Registering the protocol reduces research bias, duplication of effort, resource waste, and provides greater transparency. Outside of medical sciences, protocols can be uploaded to Open Science Framework.

You must adopt a comprehensive, objective and reproducible search strategy to capture all relevant sources of evidence. In doing so, you can be confident of having incorporated all the appropriate material for the topic at hand. A thorough search strategy should involve multiple databases, registries, sources of grey literature (link), conference proceedings and abstracts. Following the predefined eligibility criteria, you then need to analyze the screened search results to extract data from those publications that meet the inclusion criteria.

Don’t forget to assess the risk of bias when applicable (i.e., in clinical research). Ideally, these methodological steps should preferably be performed by two authors independently, one of which is a methodologist and the other a content area expert. Summarizing the results of the included studies and interpreting their findings in the light of certainty of evidence and their applicability are the final steps of completing a systematic review. You can also include a meta-analysis if applicable.

In order to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews in biomedical sciences, checklists like the AMSTAR – A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews can be utilized. Lastly, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist, is a minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews: include one with your full article. The flow diagram can also be adopted to use for non-medical research (link).

Source: https://www.elsevier.com/connect/authors-update/why-systematic-reviews-matter

Web of Science introduces new feature «Author Search BETA»

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:26:01 +0300

Web of Science has recently introduced a possibility to search for magazines and view profiles. Now there is another additional feature – to view an author's profile in Web of Science. Scientists can look through their profiles, as well as their colleagues' profiles, in the subscriber-version of Web of Science.

A good addition to search is a possibility to specify alternatives to spelling the name and surname of a scientist «Include alternative name».

An example of the search result is shown below

How to make a quality literature review. Advanced search in Web of Science

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:31:16 +0300

In international practice, it is considered that a good literature review should contain 100-300 literature sources, for which an analysis and conclusions are given. Sources should be relevant to interesting readers, and for Ukrainian authors also foreign. And the question arises: where to get so many sources in order to analyze them. Naturally, each scientist has a selection of articles for analysis and sources of relevant research. But often the problem arises that scientists lack information and sources for a quality literature review even when using the most ambitious databases: Scopus and Web of Science. As paradoxical as it may be, but often scientists are not able to correctly compose database queries and correctly search for the necessary information. In this case, it is recommended to use advanced search.

You can find the tutorial video on how to use the advanced search in Web of Science at link

Where and how to find your ScopusAuthorID?

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:54:15 +0300

ScopusAuthorID is the author’s unique number in the Scopus database. In order to recognize it, you must have a scientist profile in Scopus. It is created automatically when a scientist has 2 or more works that are indexed in Scopus. A scientist can’t register it or create it yourself; this happens automatically.

Next, go to the site Scopus on the tab «Search for authors»

Use the search in the key fields «Author last name» and «Author first name», the search must be done in English, the surname and first name should be indicated as they were indicated in the indexed publications. If your Scopus profile is associated with the ORCID profile (just having an ORCID registration is not enough), you can find your profile by the ORCID number using the search field below.

In the search results you need to select your profile and click on your Author last name. Your Scopus profile will open for you. On the left under your name and surname will be the term «Author Identifier», the number that is indicated in it and is your ScopusAuthorID.

What types of peer-reviewed journals exist?

Fri, 18 Oct 2019 14:45:13 +0300

All scientific journals can be divided into several categories:

1. By geographical location:

Published in the country in which the scientist works.
Foreign.

More attractive are those that are foreign, since the published article will be able to read and use more scientists from other countries.

2. By indexing in the resources of scientific periodicals:

Indexed.

It should be noted here that there are resources for indexing scientific periodicals of various levels of trust and prestige, the Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus are considered the most prestigious in the world.

Not indexed.

The wider the indexing of a scientific journal, the more attractive it is for a scientist, since scientists and colleagues from around the world will be able to find a scientist’s publication in indexing resources.

3. By scientometrics:

Journals that are included in scientometric databases and various scientometric indicators are calculated for them.

If the journal is indexed in Scopus, then these are SNIP, SJR, Hirsch index, CiteScore.

If the journal is indexed in Web of Science, then this is an indicator of impact factor.

Not scientometric journals.

4. By type of access to full texts of articles:

Open access – readers can read the full article for free. As a rule, in such journals the author pays for publication.
Closed access (subscription) – the reader must pay for access to the full text of the article. As a rule, publication in such journals is free. Also, journals of this type can pay royalties to their authors.
Closed access with an embargo period – a closed access journal, but publications after a period set by the publisher become open access publications.
Hybrid – a closed access journal, but if desired, the author can pay for open access for its article.

Test your knowledge of article writing. Part 3. Article structure

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 11:16:13 +0300

The structure of your article will depend on the type of research. Having a clear understanding of the article structure (outline), the author is easier to draw up the material. The article structure plays a large role both at the stage of adoption of the article, and at the stage of publication. At the stage of making an article, editors and reviewers find it easier to work with the manuscript, easier to make edits, and therefore it is easier for you to correct the manuscript. And after publication, a well-structured manuscript will be understandable to readers, because such a text is easier to read, and therefore perceive complex material.

Test your knowledge of article structuring here

Six things you should keep in mind when writing a review article

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0300

Key take-aways from Researcher Academy’s latest webinar

Writing a review article is about more than seizing on an interesting topic and gathering the relevant references. It is an opportunity for you to contribute to the development of your field by creating a synthesis of the best resources available and potential new research areas to explore in the future. Done well, a good review article can end up becoming the definitive “go to” guide on a topic, forming the backbone of reading lists and appearing as a reference in countless books and articles globally.

Yet, the key elements for a compelling review article are still a mystery for many researchers, especially those in the early stages of their careers. To help illuminate this phenomenon, Matt Pavlovich and Lindsey Drayton, editors in the Trends reviews journals group with Cell Press, offered their editorial perspective on what they look for in a review in Researcher Academy’s latest webinar. Below are the key take-aways from the experts.

A review is not a list of results

The most important question you need to ask yourself before proposing or writing a review is whether you have something new to say. A review article should form more than just the sum of its parts: readers should learn something(s) that they couldn’t get just by reading the references. Therefore, make sure you include your point(s) of view including a comparison, critique and assessment of the studies you are reviewing and/or your ideas for future experiments.

If possible, submit a proposal before writing the manuscript

You can save yourself a lot of time by reaching out to the editors of the journal in question to see whether or not it’s worth writing a full-length piece for their journals. Doing so also gives editors the opportunity to help shape your idea into something that delivers powerfully for the journal, which also means a higher chance of publication for your paper.

In the proposal, you need to make clear why the topic is important – and why it is important now. You also need to justify why you should write it. You do not necessarily need to explicitly list the reasons, but you should present them in a way that makes the editor understand why they should accept your proposal.

Have a clear idea in mind about the structure you want for your article

Starting with an outline and knowing exactly how you want to lead your readers through your narrative (being aware how their “journey” should develop) not only makes your article much clearer and easier to follow, it also helps you decide what should and should not be included in the review. It is important to manage readers’ expectations early on by telling them why you have chosen to write this review right now and highlight how your article differs from other existing work.

Avoid jargon

You are an expert in the field – that’s why you are writing a review. But your readers may not be as familiar with the intricacies of the topic. Therefore, try to avoid jargon as much as possible. In case you have to use technical language, do not forget to explain it in lay terms or include a glossary if you have that option. While doing so, make sure that the definitions conform to accepted standards and that terms are used consistently throughout your article.

To go the extra mile, it is also highly recommended to have someone unfamiliar with your field to read your article to make sure it makes sense to a lay audience.

Follow the journal’s guidelines

Many review authors invest much effort in polishing the content of their reviews but forget to pay sufficient attention to the journal’s stylistic and formatting guidelines. This common pitfall can easily lead to a slow-down and not being aware of – and acting on – any requirements, can negatively affect your review article’s chance of being published. Make sure, then, that you carefully familiarize yourself with the house style and guide for authors for the journal in question.

Expect to heavily revise the first draft

Even if you think you have followed all the requirements and produced a perfect first draft of your review article, there is a high chance you will receive it back with numerous comments and suggestions for change. Don’t be disappointed or discouraged. Keep in mind that the editors and reviewers are here to help your paper succeed and by following their advice, you will emerge with a stronger version.

Make the best out of this by approaching the comments with an open attitude and really engage with them instead of just treating it apathetically as a “paint by numbers” job. If you can afford to do so, it’s often a wise idea to take a few days off and refresh your mind before returning to your article and working on a revised draft.

There is a lot more to know!

You can learn more about other insightful tips and practices on writing a compelling review article in the full webinar recording at the Elsevier Researcher Academy and can also find answers to some questions asked during the separate webinar on the Cell Mentor program. If you still have questions after doing so, you are welcome to post in the associated Mendeley group where the team will endeavour to find answers to your questions.

Source: https://www.elsevier.com/connect/authors-update/six-things-you-should-keep-in-mind-when-writing-a-review-article

Why to register in GoogleScholar?

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 16:10:58 +0300

Advantages of using Google Academy by a scientist:

Creation of a united list of own publications. Google Academy is a search system and not a database, so it presents all scientific publications, indexed (presented) in the Internet.
To calculate own scientometric parameters without relating to scientometric databases (Scopus, WebofScience) and to understand own citation level, Hirsch index, to have a possibility to compare yourself with other scientists.
To add to your profile publications, not presented in the Internet.
To use a reference manager, Google Academy allows to export references that can be then imported in other scientist’s profiles, such as ORCID, ResearcheID and so on or used in reference managers ENDNote, ReMan and so on.
To use own network of co-workers and co-authors for changing information and following their publication activity.
Scientometric parameters, calculated by Google Academy, are used for different ratings of scientists.

How to become a reviewer by means of Publons?

Fri, 11 Oct 2019 18:41:46 +0300

You are a scientist with experience and would like to try yourself as a reviewer, but do not know where to start and how to notify world publishers that you are ready to work?

There are several techniques and the easiest one is registration in Publons. To register, you can use our training video link

Next, you need to select the journals of your interest on your topic and use the built-in tool to alert publishers by clicking on just one button «CLICK TO LET THEM KNOW»

If your Publons profile will be interesting to the publisher, you will be contacted. Please note that in this case your Publons profile must be completed and attractive to publishers.

How and why to register in Web of Science

Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:30:53 +0300

The scientist profile in Web of Science is multitasking and is used in several resources: Web of Science, Publons, EndNote. At Web of Science, a scientometric database where you can work with research. Publons is a social network for scientists, which combines your scientometric indicators for Web of Science, your experience as an editor and reviewer in international publications, as well as communication with colleagues, a review school, and much more. EndNote is a manager of references to used literature, which allows to create your own collections, format them in one click to the desired standard and use them when writing articles.

For all the above functionality, only one profile is used. To register this profile for yourself, see our YouTube channel at the link

Can't make high quality figures? We will show how to do it

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:20:24 +0300

Figures are an important component of the article, illustrate the study and make the material more visual and understandable. No wonder they say "it is better to see once than hear a hundred times". Many publishers publish figures on the article page as separate files. Therefore, the quality of the figures should be very high.

Leading publishers in the world offer their authors to remake the figures in high quality as editorial service, but this leads to additional costs for scientists.

Our publisher has prepared a series of training videos for scientists to help you make your figures in high quality.

1) How to keep a web page in high quality

2) How to insert a figure in high quality from MS Excel

3) How to make a figure in high quality (KOMPAS-3D LT)

4) How to make a figure in high quality (MS Excel)

Open Access publications: pros and cons

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:33:29 +0300

Citations, from which various ratings and scientific indicators are composed, are a valuable currency of the modern scientist. With even excellent publications, but not cited, a scientist is doomed to be at the tail end of any ranking. That in turn entails missing an opportunity to earn a high salary, academic position, to participate in competitions and grants.

Open Access publications make it possible to attract as many readers as possible to a paper: reading the material is free, in contrast to journals that distribute their archives by subscription (in order to read your paper, a reader must pay USD 20‒40 on average). In other words, if you intend to boost your science indicators and the rating of the scientist, then Open Access journals is your choice.

One should note, however, that a typical business model of Open Access journals implies that their authors pay the publishing costs, Article Processing Charges (APC). At present, there are the Open Access journals both free and charging an author a substantial amount for publication.

Today we submit for your consideration an overview of the cost of publishing in the Open Access journals at the world's leading publishers.

Elsevier – USD 150–5,900

Springer – USD 625–2,440

Wiley – USD 600–5,000

Wolters Kluwer – USD 0–3,300

Why do you need to edit an author's profile in the Scopus database and how can one do it?

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0300

An author's profile in the Scopus database should be as correct and complete as possible due to the following:

it is a source of information about a scientist's scientific performance in the Scopus database;
it is a source of information about a scientist and his/her research for other scientists, academic journals, foundations, and other funding resources;
it is used to compile different rankings of scientists;
it is the basis for ranking the institution where a scientist works; the overall rating of the institution is composed of the employees' scores.

There are several reasons you may want to correct a scientist's profile in the Scopus database:

an author transliterated his/her surname/name/initials differently in different publications; because profiles in the Scopus database are created automatically, a separate profile is created for each version of the transliteration. Consequently, the scientific indicators and information could be fragmented and would not display the full picture.

In this case, a scientist can make a request to merge all profiles into a single profile.

The profile of a scientist incorrectly indicates the name, place of work.
Not all publications that are indexed by the Scopus database are displayed in the scientist's profile.
An article is present in the profile of a scientist, but is displayed incorrectly (an error in the paper's title, the title of the journal, the issue of a journal, etc.).
Not all citations of the scientist's works are displayed.

Here's what you need to do to make a request to correct any of the above.

First of all, you must be a registered user at the website https://www.scopus.com

To register, you need to follow the link

Enter the necessary data (Name, Family, E‒mail, Password), confirm the Agreement with a registered user, and click the sign-up button.

If you are already registered, you need to press the Login button in the top right corner and use your login and password to log on to the website.

Next, click here

In the drop-down list "Cause of request" select one of the items that matches your request:

Add missing document.
Affiliate profile correction.
Author Profile Correction.
Correction Documents.
Correction Citation.

Next, complete the relevant form in English as much as possible. Click "Continue" and confirm the request. If you have done everything right, your contact email must be confirmed by Scopus managers. Next, either changes will be made, or you can be requested to clarify data. Check your e-mail until changes are made.

You can also request correcting your information on your Scopus profile by visiting your profile page: find a "Request to correct author data" under the diagram of publication activities, and select which corrections are needed, then follow instructions.

Check up your knowledge in the field of paper writing. Part 2. Information about authors

Fri, 04 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0300

It seems that a scientist just cannot make a mistake in the section «Information about authors», what can be easier and simpler, no one usually think about this section at all. But being a publishing house that publishes a journal, indexed in the database Scopus, we just know that many scientists make mistakes in «Information about authors», and it makes a scientist him/herself and a publisher suffering. Having made mistakes in this section in foreign resources, an author has a risk that his/her manuscript may not pass even at the first working stage, or an author may get into the list of professional ethics offenders.

Check up your knowledge in formalizing information about authors, following

Series of teaching videos “Promote your paper”. How to register at Zenodo and to add your study

Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:12:13 +0300

The specificity of modern science doesn’t allow a scientist only to cope with studies and to publish papers in scientific journals. A scientist must constantly work for branding his/her papers, to demonstrate them to the world, to gain own audience of readers and like-minded persons, to get views and citations. Obviously, a publishing house helps its authors in this problem, but nobody can promote a study better than its author.

In this connection we offer our authors’ attention a new video-lesson “How to register at Zenodo and to add your study”. Zenodo is a repository that allows to attract a great audience from the whole world and also to trace a number of views and downloads of Your paper.

You can view the video-lesson at link

Check up your knowledge in writing papers. Feel yourself a reviewer

Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:21:35 +0300

We present our authors’ and readers’ attention a series of tests, devoted to problems of high-quality writing and design of papers according to international standards.

Today we offer to pass the first text in the series «Part 1. Metadata of a paper: name, abstract, keywords». Metadata of a paper is a very important part, although scientists pay too little attention to it. But just a name, abstract and keywords provide an “advertising” of a paper, must attract a reader, interest him/her and make to chose just Your one among thousands papers.

For passing the test and check up your knowledge, follow

Scopus to ORCID. Connect your two profiles in 5 minutes

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0300

It is almost impossible today to imagine a modern scientist without an ORCID ID. The proper use of it, as well as its connection to profiles at other resources, not only builds up a positive image of the scientist, but increases the readability and, therefore, the citation of papers.

Today we want to propose a tool to our authors and readers that will make it possible for you to establish a link between the Scopus and ORCID profiles, as well as export a list of publications from Scopus to ORCID in 5 minutes. Without long instructions and search for the right buttons, just follow the link and click Start button

Become part of the social network of scientists and obtain the tools for your scientific work

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0300

The Elsevier-affiliated resource Mendeley, known to many scientists by its management of bibliographic references, has recently extended its functionality. It can take just 5 minutes for a scientist to register at the Internet site mendeley.com: in addition to convenient management of refences, both on-line and at a personal computer, the scientist obtains the following opportunities:

tracking the number of citations and viewing his/her articles;
recommendations, provided by the system, on the papers that might prove be interesting for viewing and reading;
research groups in your field;
search for proposed grants;
access to databases with primary information, and much more.

By registering a profile and adding his/her papers to Mendeley the scientist enjoys tangible benefits and an opportunity to become part of the modern world of science.
Practical recommendations about registering and using the Mendeley system can be found in our new video tutorial

How well do you focus on scientometrics?

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 09:56:11 +0300

In May 2019, our publishing house «Technological Center» PE held the traditional “Big annual seminar: from beginner to expert” (May 16-17, 2019, Kyiv), traditionally, most of the seminar was devoted to scientometrics. In the framework of this event, we proposed a small test of seven questions entitled “How well do you focus on the modern issues of scientific publication?”, with the help of which scientists from different fields of science were invited to evaluate their knowledge. Testing passed 900 scientists of Ukraine and these are the results we obtained

In modern realities, a scientist needs not only to be a professional in its subject area, but also to be well-versed in scientometric issues: various indexes, metrics, ratings, quartiles and other indicators have become an integral part of modern science.

We invite you to take this test and evaluate your knowledge link

How to find out the impact factor of the journal without a subscription to «Journal Citation Reports»

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:01:44 +0300

Previously, all scientists who wanted to check the indexing of the journal in the Web of Science database, but did not have a subscription to this resource, could freely use Master Journal List

Search was pretty limited

And the information in the search results was minimal

But today, the Master Journal List Beta resource is presented to the attention of users

Now the profile of the journal looks more detailed

It should be noted here that a scientist can immediately see if the journal is part of Web of Science Core Collections.

But what is most important, the journal factor page now displays the impact factor of the journal

Please note that the full profile of the journal is open only to registered users, registration on the site is free.

Don't fall prey to scams! "Stolen" or "fake" journals

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0300

In today's scientific society, it is generally accepted that publications in journals that are indexed by the science databases of Scopus and Web of Science are valued above all else. The market of scientific journals is very large at present, so depending on the policy of a publishing house, a scientist needs to take into account a large number of criteria when choosing a journal to publish an article:

review terms
publication terms;
indexing of the journal
the journal's scientific indicators;
the journal's open access policy;
price of publication;

it is difficult for a scientist to make the right decision while it is easy to get confused in such a huge variety.

The current situation is abused by fraudsters who offer scientists a variety of services from "publishing in Scopus in 2 weeks" to "write a paper" or "add the author to the paper"

(Source: http://publisher-international.com)

But there is a separate type of fraud in order to lure money from gullible scientists: such journals are launched that are very similar to the leading rated publications, but they are not. A detailed report about one of such journals was delivered at the Sixth Kyiv International Scientific-Practical Conference "Scientific communication in the digital age", which was held on March 29‒30, 2018, within the report "Unrealistic discounts for unreal publications – fraud or fraudulent practices?" (the author is Nadezhda Zubchenko, PhD in law, Head of Information and Promotion of the publication activity of scientists Sector, Scientific Library, at the National University "Odessa Law Academy").

(Source: http://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/bitstream/handle/123456789/12742/Zubchenko_SCDA18.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y)

The full text of the report can be found by following the link

The report examines one example of a journal, the internet site "Stop Predatory Journals" provides a list of similar copied journals

To learn about the list, follow the link

However, it should be noted that a given list contains not all unscrupulous journals; in addition, new similar "journals" appear at enviable frequency.

We encourage our authors and readers to be careful not to use the services of scammers; before submitting a paper to the editors of a journal, which is indexed by Scopus and Web of Science, first check the existence of a given journal in the official lists at these resources:

– Scopus

– Web of Science

"ScienceRise: Biological Science" journal is included in one of the most prestigious world databases in the field of biology CAB Abstracts.

Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0300

CAB Abstracts is a leading English-language bibliographic information service that provides access to the world's applied literature on the natural sciences. CAB Abstracts comes with CABI Full Text, giving users automatic access to more than 470,000 journal articles, conference documents and reports (80% of which are not available anywhere else in electronic format).

CAB Abstracts covers over 8,000 periodicals.

Over 3,100 of them are not available on Scopus

Over 4,300 of them are not available on the Web of Science.

Over 5,200 of them are not available on Biosis

What makes this resource an invaluable source of information for scientists around the world in this subject area.

CAB Abstracts covers publications from more than 120 countries in 50 languages since 1973, including a number of niche independent journals, providing the most complete picture on any subject.

CAB Abstracts is used by hundreds of leading world institutions, including 75% of American universities, as well as many leading universities and research centers from around the world. In particular, the active users are:

– The Campbell Collaboration

– Colorado State University, USA

– Cornell University, USA

– Murdoch University, Australia

– University of British Columbia, Canada

– University of Nottingham, UK

– Yale University, USA

The inclusion of the "ScienceRise: Biological Science" journal in CAB Abstracts enables our authors to join this global highly specialized resource and make their work accessible to leading experts from around the world.