How to get published in an academic journal: top tips from editors

This piece recently appeared in the Higher Education section of the Guardian newspaper. We thought that it was worth sharing.  

All Royal Society content is currently free to access (20 – 26 Oct 2014)

To celebrate Open Access Week all Royal Society content will be free to access from Monday 20 October until Sunday 26 October. Access all their journal content here

Malaysia: The Financial Powerhouse of ASEAN?

“Malaysia has come a long way in its economic development. It has transitioned from an economy purely dependent on agriculture and primary commodities to a manufacturing-based economy driven by rising exports and knowledge-based and capital-intensive industries. With the goal of moving the country forward to achieve the status of developed nation by year 2020, the …

3 Minute Thesis Competition

This post was contributed by Tissa Chandesa Fancy hearing an 80,000 word thesis explained in less than 180 seconds? Research students from across the globe are doing just that in preparation for the Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®). Established by the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2008, 3MT is now held in universities around the …

UNMC Publications 2014: How are we doing?

In our irregular review of UNMC’s publication record, below are the Web of Science and Scopus publications that we have recorded for 2014. As we approach the half way point of the year, it seemed a good time to take stock. As part of trying to streamline the MyRA data collection we will be working …

E-Staff Profile: PLEASE update

When we do our MyRA return, we now take the ISI/Scopus publications from those bibliographic search engines. For our other pubications (e.g. most conference proceedings, most book chapters, non-ISI/Scopus publications etc.) we rely on you entering this data into your E-Staff Profile (ESP). In fact, you should enter all your publications into ESP as, although …

Professor Dominic Foo is a Thomson Reuters Highly-Cited Author

Professor Ir Dr Dominic C. Y. Foo was announced by Thomson Reuters as the Highly-Cited Author for his paper entitled “State-of-the-art Review of Pinch Analysis Techniques for Water Network Synthesis”.  The paper has a total citation of 117 based on 10 years record in Web of Science, i.e. between 1 January 2003 to 31 October …

Free Access to Bell System Technical Journal (1922-1983)

As a gift to history, the Bell System Journal (1922-1983) is being made available for free. Whilst quite niche (as most journals are, by definition), as it looks at the advances in telecomunications, it does provide access to the historical developments through a very important period for the industry and for developments as we approached …

UNMC featured in Asia Research News 2014

We have been fortunate enough to have three pieces in the 2014 issue of Asia Research News. The featured articles are: Page 6: Natural protections for tropical fruits prolong shelf life Page 29: Crossing continents: Where we drive affects how we drive Page 50: Exposing the secret life of endangered elephants An interactive version of …

UNMC Showcases its research to the PVC for Research

Professor Saul Tendler (Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research) was recently at UNMC for the tri-campus University Executive Board/Management Boards Meeting. Following this meeting Professor Tendler stayed at UNMC for a further two days to hear more about the research that is being done at UNMC. This was our opportunity to showcase our research, both its quality …