info267514Jun 15 minAlbert Einstein: What did he think of peer review?The perception of Albert Einstein in the public consciousness is of a man with rare scientific gifts, warm humanitarian views, rigorous...
info267514Apr 117 minPresenting: feeling comfortable in your own storyPresenting: feeling comfortable in your own story We’ve all been there. Well, to be factually correct, three-quarters of us have. The...
info267514Mar 15 minHooray for International Women’s Day: how far have we come?By Emma Smith | Senior Managing Editor for PA EDitorial Kitchens and cottages It’s 1985. I’m spirographing (new verb, courtesy of myself)...
info267514Feb 215 minEither Or: preprints and peer reviewFor 350 years, peer review has been the primary method of validating or challenging new studies and theories in science and academia. Yet...
info267514Feb 14 minTransparency: A new model for peer reviewThe Enlightenment of the eighteenth century transformed science, philosophy and academic study with its new insistence for reason,...
info267514Jan 105 minHome Alone: Making WFH Work For YouMacaulay Culkin’s family didn’t foresee they would leave him alone at Christmas, just as no one could have predicted on March 23rd 2020,...
info267514Dec 8, 20214 minChristmas 2021: The season for books and sprouts Can you believe that Christmas is almost upon us again? Here at PA EDitorial, we’re looking forward to good company, good food, and even...
info267514Nov 1, 20216 minHow to Improve our Writing and Grammar for Academic PublicationsThere are a variety of things we need to incorporate into our research papers to make them exceptional. Forming the idea and its research...
info267514Oct 1, 20215 minPeer Review: Turnaround Times and Smiling AuthorsAbraham Lincoln once said, ‘I’m a slow walker, but I never look back’. The system of peer review in academic journals –which scholars...
info267514Sep 23, 20213 minIdentity in Peer ReviewPeer review is a cornerstone of journal publishing, ensuring that the quality and academic integrity of publications is maintained...
Lizi DawesJul 15, 20215 minTime Flies: Ten Years of PA EDitorialSo here we are, ten years later. People say, ‘time flies when you’re having fun,’ which is true, but it also speeds by when you’re...
info267514Jun 8, 20213 minJournal Submission Systems: The love-hate relationshipAre they Marmite? We’ve all experienced the various web-based systems available to manage submissions for scholarly journals. No matter...
Anita JuddMar 29, 20214 minDouble-Blind Peer Review: Pros, cons and everything in-betweenWhat does it mean? Double-blind peer review is a process used by scholarly journals where the reviewer’s identity is hidden from the...
Lizi DawesMar 8, 20215 minIt’s in our DNA – The Beginning and End of an EraOnce upon a time One day, in 1983, Pat Anderson gave birth to a chubby bundle of joy. Years later, and after a whirlwind of numerous...
Anita Judd & Lizi DawesJan 21, 20214 min2021 – A New Year: Hope and DevelopmentsVaccines and variants The last quarter of 2020 brought positive news of COVID-19 vaccines.[1] It also brought the new variant,...
Anita JuddDec 1, 20204 minPlan S 2021: Shock or radical solution for scientific publishing?** UPDATED 11.12.2020 ** Plan S 2021: A shock or a radical solution for scientific publishing? What is Plan S? ‘S’ for Shock In September...
Anita Judd, Lynsey Harrison, Lizi DawesOct 12, 20204 minCOVID’s impact on peer reviews: working togetherWhat happens when a pandemic, like COVID-19, arrives and disrupts the entire world?
Lizi DawesSep 11, 20202 minEat three cucumbers a day to lose weight: The Importance of TrustTrust is an obvious ingredient in peer review, isn’t it? We might think this is a rhetorical question, but often, it’s not. Working in...