by Constantine | May 30, 2023 | Press Release, Uncategorized
It is a privilege to have become a Corporate Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP). Our membership reflects our commitment to the highest standards in proofreading and editing, and attests to our ethos of superlative editorial rigour.... 
by Constantine | May 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
Some journal publishers, like PLOS and Frontiers, have relatively recently adopted open review policies. But what we mean by ‘open review’ varies within the academic literature on the topic, as well as in practice from journal to journal. Tony Ross-Hellauer identified... 
by Constantine | May 9, 2023 | How-To, Uncategorized
We can’t stress enough the importance of obtaining permission if you’re planning to use another person’s intellectual property – whether that’s text, images or any other work. This applies whoever you are, even if you’re an academic. If you’d like someone else to do... 
by Constantine | Apr 26, 2023 | How-To, Idea, Uncategorized
What makes good scientific writing? Good writing has become an essential skill for scientific researchers, but one that scientists rarely receive any training in. And that’s a shame, because writing doesn’t always come naturally, even to those working in their native... 
by Constantine | Mar 19, 2023 | How-To, Uncategorized
Feedback has been around for so long that the earliest example of it is marked into a clay tablet: ‘You sold me some copper ingots’, the writer complains, ‘and they were not good’. The tablet was created by a customer called Nanni, who goes on to accuse the merchant... 
by Constantine | Mar 19, 2023 | How-To, Uncategorized
English was not always considered the “language of science”. Many European languages used to be common in scientific and scholarly journals: French, German, Russian, and English were all in circulation. In fact, in 1920, German was the dominant language of...