Funding, like many jobs, takes a long time to obtain. This is true for writing and individual funding grants, and for the amount of grant proposals required to secure funding.

Charlesworth Author Services is delighted to announce a new, exclusive partnership with the American Mathematical Society to provide language editing and publication support services for its authors.

Many authors writing scientific papers, especially non-native English-speaking authors, feel that they need to use complex words to make their papers sound more impressive. However this is not the case.

Authorship involves not only credit for the work but also accountability. It is this idea of credit and accountability which determines the need for ethical considerations to be made in scholarly publishing and, more specifically, scientific publishing.

Carrying out research studies and then writing up the research results often involve many participants. Some (or all) of these may be considered to be ‘authors’ and appear in the list of authors connected with the final paper, but it is important to think about who actually constitutes an ‘author’.

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Before you write up your research findings, your first objective will be to determine the actual research question that your article is designed to investigate and answer.

The title and abstract are critical elements to your paper. They will be used by readers to decide whether or not to read the rest of your paper; and, even before publication, they will be used by journal editors to decide whether or not your paper should be sent for peer review evaluation, and by peer reviewers to decide if they want to review your paper.

Duplicate submission of papers to academic journals is actively discouraged by journals and publishers. Many publishers have strict policies about duplicate submission, and the reuse of research data. This article explains the ICMJE guidelines on overlapping or similar research submissions and publications.

The Charlesworth Group is delighted to partner with the American Institute of Physics Publishing to launch AIP Author Services.

The ability to search effectively for literature is an important skill for any academic researcher, regardless of the stage of your career. Knowing how first to approach the search is key, but so is knowing which tools are available to you to make the process easier.

The foundation for the list actually stretches back 27 years and was confirmed at the end of 2016. However, the list of universities and colleges included is new, and was announced on 21 September 2017. The Charlesworth Group is pleased to provide an English-language version here for reference.

Access to data is very important to researchers: read on to find out about the opportunities that open data provides and the concerns surrounding it.

An infographic to show the key findings and statistics from the 2017 Highly Cited Researchers Report by Clarivate Analytics.

A ‘repository’ is where items (or data) are stored. A digital repository is a place for storing any documents, files or data online. So, what is an academic repository?

Charlesworth Author Services, a division of The Charlesworth Group, is delighted to announce the release of its new Chatbot for WeChat as an addition to its English language editing services offering in China.

Most academic papers have many people who have helped in some way in the preparation of the written version or the research itself. This could be someone from a sponsoring institution, a funding body, other researchers, or even family, friends or colleagues who have helped in the preparation. These people need to be mentioned in the Acknowledgments section of the paper.

One of the many pitfalls potentially encountered by a young researcher is the issue of authorship on publications. How can this be managed?

We are delighted to announce that The Charlesworth Group, leaders in global author services and publishing representation, has recently been accepted as a member of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE).

The Charlesworth Author Services Division, a leading provider of English Language polishing services, is delighted to announce a new partnership with The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) to provide English Language polishing services to AIAA authors.