5 Common Misconceptions About P-Values and What They Really Mean

As we saw in our last post on the Top Ten Reasons Papers Get Rejected, errors in statistical analysis are among the most common grounds for rejection. Errors in the interpretation of the p-value, in particular, have long been acknowledged and unfortunately persist in scientific literature. In this article, we cover 5 of the most widespread misconceptions […]

Manuscript Rejection: Top 10 Reasons & How to Avoid Them

When a manuscript is submitted to a scientific journal, it enters an intensive revision process. It has to pass through several checkpoints on the road to publication, and rejection lurks around every corner. If you are in the business of publishing original research articles in medical journals, chances are you’ve had at least one of your papers rejected by a journal. […]

Beyond the Impact Factor – The Rising Popularity of Altmetrics

What Is The Journal Impact Factor The journal impact factor (IF) is the most ubiquitous metric used to evaluate research nowadays. It is a measure of the average number of citations a paper published in a given journal has received over a two-year period. It is calculated by Thomson Reuters, and is published yearly in […]

Six aspects to consider when choosing a bibliographic reference manager.

Fiddling with citations and organizing an ever-growing number of files can be a source of great distress for researchers. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Reference management software, or reference managers (RMs), are intended to facilitate these tasks. Using an RM instead of manually taking care of your citations and references is like […]