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Academic publishing describes the subfield of publishing which distributes academic research and scholarship. Most academic work is published in journal article, book or thesis form. The non commercial part of academic publishing is called grey literature. Much, though not all, academic publishing relies on some form of peer review or editorial refereeing to qualify texts for publication. Most established academic disciplines have their own journals and other outlets for publication, though many academic journals are somewhat interdisciplinary, and publish work from several distinct fields or subfields. The kinds of publications that are accepted as contributions of knowledge or research vary greatly between fields, as do review and publication processes. Academic publishing is undergoing major changes, emerging from the transition from the print to the electronic format. Business models are different in the electronic environment. Since the early 1990s, licensing of electronic resources, particularly journals, has been very common. Currently, a major trend, particularly with respect to scholarly journals, is open access via the Internet. There are two main forms of open access open access publishing, in which the articles or the whole journal is freely available from the time of publication; and self-archiving, where authors make a copy of their own work freely available on the web. Among the earliest research journals was the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in the 17th century. At that time, the act of publishing academic inquiry was controversial, and widely ridiculed. It was not at all unusual for a new discovery to be announced as an anagram, reserving priority for the discoverer, but indecipherable for anyone not in on the secret both Isaac Newton and Leibniz used this approach. However, this method did not work well. Robert K. Merton, a sociologist, found that 92% of cases of simultaneous discovery in the 17th century ended in dispute. The number of disputes dropped to 72% in the 18th century, 59% by the latter half of the 19th century, and 33% by the first half of the 20th century. The decline in contested claims for priority in research discoveries can be credited to the increasing acceptance of the publication of papers in modern academic journals.
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1. Carter Sinclair News Treating Traumas: Discovery By OMRF Scientists
October 27, 2009
Carter Sinclair News: A discovery by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation could help save lives threatened by traumatic injuries like those sustained in car crashes or on the battlefield. The work also holds potential for treating severe infectious diseases and diabetes.
In a paper published online in the advance edition of the scientific journal Nature Medicine, OMRF researcher Charles Esmon, Ph.D., with co-authors Florea Lupu, Ph.D., and Jun Xu, Ph.D., has cast new light on how proteins called histones can enter the bloodstream and begin to kill the lining of blood ... (read more)
Author: Cathy Rogers
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2. Smart Document Management: Easy Method For Enhancing Office Productivity, Efficiency
October 12, 2009
• Does the traditional document management and paper filing system in office drive you nuts?
• Does your whole office go into a tizzy whenever the person managing the filing system is away?
Traditional filing systems were developed when database management was hardly understood as it is now. With the advent of computers, handling files became seamless, more scientific and efficient. The futuristic paper filing method for the modern office is no longer based on the traditional alphabet categorizing system.
Most of the world's top businesses, government and religious organizatio... (read more)
Author: Jamy Wilson
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3. Coursework Evaluation
October 01, 2009
Coursework evaluation will measure the research paper in both qualitative and quantitative way. A good paper will have some characteristics that make them stand apart from other research papers. In a good paper, the subject matter in a limited sphere is systematically studied. This method needs great patience, courage, diligence, a creative imagination and objectivity. Without this scientific attitude or spirit one can never make a great paper. Before starting work by the scientific method the research worker should make a minutely detailed analysis of the problem he wishes to study. The gre... (read more)
Author: Eugene Atkins
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4. Thesis
September 10, 2009
Thesis writing is an art that one achieves after a lot of hard work and persuasion. In the coming sections we will discuss about some of the points of writing a good thesis paper. The main motive of making thesis paper is to find the answers of something still not known to others. The process to find the answers of something unknown needs to be totally scientific in nature. The process needs to be totally unbiased and as much objective as possible. Though some form of subjectivity may not be possible to avoid at the time of making the paper but the process needs to be valid, reliable and obje... (read more)
Author: Eugene Atkins
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5. Overview of Research Paper
August 27, 2009
A research paper is basically a document that people undertaking any type of research, either for academic or professional purposes, use for the presentation of their findings.
Groups of people who might find themselves having to write a research paper at some point or another therefore include college and university students (who are often required to conduct various research projects, and write research papers as part of their coursework), professional researchers and members of certain professions - especially the academic and scientific professions, who often have to undertake researc... (read more)
Author: Robby Smith
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6. Benefits of Acai Extract
August 20, 2009
Many are doubtful of the health benefits of Acai berry. This is because the USDA is still facing difficulty in getting Acai berry pulp in its perfect form and condition since it can’t be grown anywhere but in the Amazon rainforest. Naturally, research and studies should be done there in order to get the freshest Acai berry pulp.
Getting the freshest Acai berry pulp requires effort, funding, and time from USDA. The samples that we receive in the US are less potent than the fresh ones in the Amazon, which explains the lesser quality that we get.
The only published scientific paper on... (read more)
Author: Donovan Beard
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7. Paper Airplane World Records
August 19, 2009
For a long time Paper Aircraft have been very seriously used by large Aerospace Aircraft manufacturers, for scientific and theory testing of aircraft behaviour. In this article brings together the facts most outstanding made with paper planes.
World Record, New Time Aloft Takuo Toda set a new récord for longest paper airplane flight at a competition in Hiroshima Prefecture in April of 2009. His record flight topped Blackburn's by 0.3 seconds, now the world récord is 27.9 seconds. He folded his plane, measuring approximately 10cm in length, from a single sheet of paper. The previous reco... (read more)
Author: Victor Torrealba
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