What is the correct way of writing the p value in statistical analyses?
The p value is a commonly cited piece of statistic in research papers, but it is prone to serious misuse. Back in the 1920s, p values appeared in a mere…
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Using the Active and Passive Voices in Academic Writing
Writing manuscripts in English can often be a struggle for scientists who are not native English speakers. In a survey on academic publishing issues, covering over 7000 researchers, a whopping…
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Five Easy Ways to Avoid Accidental Plagiarism
Writing manuscripts in English can sometimes be a struggle for many scientists who are non-native speakers. In a survey on academic publishing issues, a whopping 76% of academics found it…
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Professor Anselmo Paiva: Using Computer Vision to Tackle Medical Issues with a Little Help from Elsevier Author Services
On a regular work day, Professor Anselmo Cardoso de Paiva can be found teaching in a lecture hall at the Federal University of Maranhão in Brazil or working in its…
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Competing interest statement in research articles
“Publish or Perish”. We are sure that you have heard this expression many, many times. Lots of academics mention the phrase “Publish or Perish Culture”, precisely as an attempt to…
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Gift authorship and ghost authorship
Trust us: one of the proudest moments of your life will be when you write that little line with your name, stating authorship of research you truly believe to be…
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Salami slicing research
Ooops! Someone did it again. It turns out that the evidence you are relying on for your own research is actually a duplicate, in many ways, from another study from…
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Levels of evidence in research
Level of evidence hierarchy When carrying out a project you might have noticed that while searching for information, there seems to different levels of credibility given to different types of…
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