Academic publishing advice from industry experts

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Advice from experts in academic publishing

• Useful extracts from our interviews with
  industry experts in 2015

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What happened in 2015?

• The world of scholarly publishing witnessed many
  trend-setting practices, significant discoveries,
  and innovations.

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What do the experts have to say?

• We interviewed several publication experts and
  discussed some of these trends with them.
• They shared some really interesting views on
  academic publishing.

 
 
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Sharing the knowledge

• Here, we present extracts of the knowledge they
  shared to help you
• Get first-hand publication-related advice to
  motivate you in your publication journey
• Know what experts think about important
  publication-related topics
• Broaden your perspective about academic research
  and communication

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Tim Hunt
2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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with Tim Hunt.
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you only make discoveries when you are sort of
stumbling and bumbling about, turning over stones
at random. Making small mistakes in experiments
is fine, because you stand a chance of making
startling discoveries.

• On finding a research problem

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• Of course, Ive had my manuscripts rejected! Its
  
• very rare, almost unknown
• to get a letter from the editor saying, We love
  your paper! Well publish it without any
  changes.rejection is part
• of the process.

On dealing with manuscript rejection
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• Xuejun Sun

Experienced researcher in hydrogen and hyperbaric
oxygen studies
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Xuejun Sun.
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• I believe that a good research question should
  have three characteristics novelty,
  reasonableness, and verifiability. If your idea
  has all three, waste no time and go for it.

On the characteristics of a good research question
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• To conduct scientific research, one must read a
  large amount of literature. First, you must read
  literature that is highly relevant to your
  researchSecond, read literature that is somewhat
  relevant to your research topicFinally, read up
  on trending research topics

On the importance of literature reading in
scientific research
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• I would advice authors
• who are collaborating with others on a research
  project/paper to be open.
• Avoid keeping your expertise or ideas to
  yourself. There is
• no point to scientific collaboration if you are
  not facilitating a two-way exchange of knowledge.

On the right attitude towards scientific
collaboration
On how researchers should approach scientific
collaboration
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• Mark Hahnel

Founder of Figshare
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with Mark Hahnel.
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On why researchers should make their data
publicly available

• Academics think that data is useless or that they
  only need
• to publish novel findings. But there are actually
  really lots
• of reasons why you should just be making all of
  the data available. You might get more citations.
  One man's rubbish is another man's goldyou don't
  know how people are going to use the data.

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• Abel Packer

Co-founder of SciELO
Scan the QR code to view our interview with Abel
Packer.
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• We cannot always talk about open access in the
  strict sense of open access research articles.
  There should be equal emphasis on setting up
  sustainable and efficient open access publishing
  models. The wide availability of publishing
  related products, services, and solutionswill
  boost the development of open access. Better
  availability of published output will help build
  a competitive market oriented to the production
  of high quality journalsThis is the true spirit
  of open science.

On open access and open science
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• Linqi Zhang

Chair, Department of Basic Medical Sciences and
Comprehensive Aids Research Center at Tsinghua
University, China
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Linqi Zhang.
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• Research cannot be performed in a vacuum. It is
  essential for researchers to stay updated about
  the latest and most significant developments in
  their field. And the best way to stay updated is
  to read published literature.

On why researchers should stay updated about the
latest developments in their field
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when choosing a target journal, it is more
important for you, as a researcher, to ensure
that the journal publishes articles in the same
field, that your paper matches the aims and scope
of the journal, and that the journal is widely
read by researchers in your field. These factors
are more important than impact factor or other
superficial metrics.
On selecting a target journal
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• Richard Poynder

Independent blogger/journalist
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with Richard Poynder.
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• Publishers ought to be more transparent, not just
  in their processes but in their finances
• as wellthis is an issue not just for publishers,
  but for researchers as wellIn short,
  responsibility for many of the problems we see in
  research and scholarly publishing today must be
  laid at the feet of the entire research community.

On the need for transparency in publishing
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• John Hammersley

CEO and Founder of Overleaf
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with John Hammersley.
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On the openness and reproducibility of research

• I see that science and research is becoming more
  open with the mandates from governments that
  publicly funded research should be open. I see it
  becoming more reproducible and more transparent
  with the inclusion of the data behind the paper
  and making it easier and encouraging people to
  reproduce work and test and validate different
  conclusions.

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• Jianwu Yan

Director of the Institute of Mechanical and
Electrical Engineering, Nanchang Institute of
Experimental Center
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Jianwu Yan.
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On why researchers should make their data
publicly available

• three aspects are most important in nurturing
  scientific researchers of the new generation
• Inculcate a great work ethic, and be patient.
• Think on your toes. Be quick and alert.
• Be receptive to new knowledge and information.

On how young researchers can build a successful
career
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• Stacy Konkiel

Outreach and engagement manager, Altmetric
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Stacy Konkiel.
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On the need for change in academic research and
publishing

• Im hopeful that in the near future, promotion
  tenure committees will
• start to become more nuanced in how they review
  the contributions that
• researchers have made to science. Once more
  incentives for researchers to publish open access
  are in place (especially those related to career
• advancement and funding), I believe well see the
  conservative nature of publishing fully change,
  as well, based on an increased demand for open
• access publishing services.

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• Shinichiro Takezawa

Founder of Asias First Open Access Journal,
Science Postprint
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Shinichiro Takezawa.
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On the global nature of research

• I believe that researchers in Asia,
  too, need to grow and become involved
• in various research developments on a
  global scale. After all, scientific
• research benefits all of humanity. And
  research involves a lot of effort,
• irrespective of the region where the
  researchers are located. Everyone
• deserves their due and needs a
  platform to disseminate their findings.

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