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Biomaterials Science Communications contain novel scientific work of such importance that rapid publication is desirable. Authors should briefly indicate in a covering letter the reasons why they feel ...

In 2023, an academic journal, the Annals of Operations Research, retracted an entire special issue because the peer review ...

Impact Journals is pleased to announce its participation as an exhibitor at the upcoming American Association for Cancer ...

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The Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ) portal is now available on the Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) platform, ...

scientific journals, and research organizations. Visitors can browse more than 500 individual topics, grouped into 12 main sections (listed under the top navigational menu), covering: the medical ...

And in 2020, James Heathers, a scientific sleuth, launched the 450 Movement, a call for journals to pay researchers $450 for peer reviewing a paper. His efforts, which were cited in the lawsuit ...