Interesting Article
The Pressure to Publish More and the Scope of Predatory Publishing Activities : Armen Yuri Gasparyan, Bekaidar Nurmashev, Alexander A. Voronov, Alexey N. Gerasimov, Anna M. Koroleva, George D. Kitas J Korean Med Sci. 2016 Dec; 31(12): 1874–1878. Published online 2016 Sep 22. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.12.1874 PMCID: PMC5102848
In this article, Gasparyan and others discuss a very important issue- the scope of predatory publishing in details. For instance, they discuss how a recent MEDLINE analysis brought to light the questionable practice of renowned authors publishing more than one research paper per ten working days. This has resulted in hundreds of articles by scholars who are well placed in influential posts, and can easily publish their journals. You will also learn some alarming truths- a blog article, for instance, reveals that predatory journals exploit articles of inexperienced authors from poor research environments, who value quantity over quality of their publications. To read this article, visit here.
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Do You Know
In this edition of Do You Know, we discuss Dropbox- an incredibly useful app for moving files between computers, or keeping a copy of your most important files in the cloud. However, that isn’t all Dropbox is great for; it is also useful for helping students keep their files as mobile as they are. It allows you to access your work from anywhere, so long as you have the files stored in it’s system. This means that you could be stuck with a desktop and still be able to access your work from Any system. If you own a laptop and are working on a project or an article, you can drop the associated files into your Dropbox, and after it syncs, it’ll be online and ready for you to use at any other computer. One of the most convenient features of Dropbox is that you can access your files not only from the Dropboxes synced with your account, but also from Dropbox’s website. Dropbox is also a collaborative tool where more than one person can edit a file simultaneously.
To know more about Dropbox and its features, read our blog post here.
So, as huge supporters and users of Dropbox ourselves, we encourage you to try its features here!
