Tag:academic journal publishing

AIB Insights' lead editor William Newburry discusses how the journal's team approached the transition from editorial review to peer review and why they chose to use Scholastica. Since then, they've maintained speedy publication times, expanded from four yearly issues to five, and grown their readership.

Throughout Peer Review Week 2022, Scholastica and Research Square shared blogs on tools to help journals and authors foster research integrity across disciplines. In this post, we culminate the series by bringing together all those resources to create a Research Integrity Toolkit, including an infographic.

Verifying the originality of submissions is foundational to upholding the research integrity of any scholarly publication. In this post, Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica Danielle Padula discusses plagiarism detection best practices for journals.

In recent years, research reproducibility and replicability have become hot-button issues as a result of failed attempts to recreate many previously published studies. In this post, freelance scholarly publishing writer Victoria Kitchener discusses steps journals can take to help.

Developing statements of originality and disclosures is essential to receiving correct, complete, and consistent journal submissions – thereby promoting research integrity. In this post, Garrett Wright, Technical Editorial Associate at Scholastica, discusses current best practices.

Scholastica and Research Square announce a joint Peer Review Week blog series on tools to promote research integrity for scholarly journal editors, publishers, and authors. The series will cover ways to advance more transparent, rigorous, and ethical peer review practices. Learn more!

Technical Editorial Associate at Scholastica, Garrett Wright, shares the latest on how our digital-first production service is helping journals save time and costs by cutting manuscript formatting steps and combining automation with human quality assurance.

Susan Altman, Managing Editor of MIT Press' Global Environmental Politics journal, reflects on GEP's transition to Scholastica's peer review system, the editorial team's experience working with Scholastica over the past decade, and the journal's evolution up to this point.

Most scholars embark on peer review with little to no formal training. So a bit of guidance from journals is often welcome and can make a big difference in review quality. In this blog post, we're rounding up 7 tips journals can give referees to help them conduct solid peer reviews.

Trying to optimize peer review processes while in the throes of daily editorial work isn't easy. That's why it's imperative for journal teams to set aside time for regular operational audits. Here are three tips to help.