Writing peer reviews for journals is more than an academic contribution; it improves your research writing, and help you see like an editor. Early career researchers can use Publons Academy to enter the world of peer reviewers.

As a researcher and author, do you prefer “pay to read” or “pay to publish”? A related question is, who pays?

Almost all researchers at HKUST have ORCID iD. Do you have yours? ORCID is an example of researcher identifiers, which is one out of three types of persistent identifiers (PID). What are all these identifiers? Why should researchers care?

Finding an open access (OA) version of an journal article may only need one-click with the help of these free browser plug-ins: Unpaywall and Open Access Button. 

From a draft to a published journal paper, your work transforms through different versions. Understanding the terminology in this publishing process has become necessary for effective communication in the scholar community.