When it comes to science consulting, scientists fall into two camps: those who believe that researchers should self-publish their work and those who enlist the help of experts in science consulting. Today we will dispel the major myth that "scientific consulting violates publication ethics".
What is science consulting?
Science consulting is a type of consulting service in which specialists in the field of science and scientometrics provide expert assistance and advice regarding publication processes in scientific journals.
The main goal of science consulting is to help clients solve complex technical and scientific problems, optimize their publication processes, and improve their "scientometric rankings". By enlisting the help of scientific consultants, scientists can fully focus on research and future projects.
Consulting as a form of mediation is widespread in various fields of professional activity: law, HR, IT, management, finance, training. In recent years, a new type of consulting - scientific consulting - has become increasingly popular all over the world.
When is scientific consulting needed?
Most often scientists apply for the following scientific publishing services:
- зublication in international scientometric databases - Scopus and Web of Science. This is one of the most complex processes in the scientific activity of a researcher. Publishing in these services involves many steps (submission of materials to the editorial office, reviewing, academic translation, indexing, etc.), which are extremely difficult for a young scientist who publishes a paper for the first time.
- placement of scientific articles in national professional publications from the Polish list approved by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland. This list includes scientific journals and publishers categorized according to their level of academic importance and influence. The points assigned to publications in these journals influence the career development of scientists, receipt of grants and research fundin
- increase in the Hirsch index and other scientometric indicators. The scientific consulting company "Scientific Publications" provides organizational increase in the citation of articles, which activates the development of a scientist's scientific career. High indicators play an important role when deciding on the awarding of scientific degrees and scientific titles, distribution of academic positions, grants and funding of scientific projects
- necessity to publish scientific papers in the field of medicine. Medical authors are most often pressed for time to publish their research. The best solution is to seek help from experts in the field of science and scientometrics. Science consulting specialists take care of all technical issues related to the design, submission and indexing of articles. As a result, scientists have more time for practice and research.
What role does the intermediary company “Scientific Publications” play?
It should be noted that the role of scientific consulting is precisely to provide quality consulting and publishing services and in no way minimizes the scientist's contribution to the research. Let's analyze in detail the functions of a scientific consulting company in the preparation and publication of a scientific article:
- selection of a suitable scientific journal by subject, periodicity of issues, and scientometric indicators: experts help to choose a suitable publication for the researcher based on scientific goals and subject area
- сommunication with representatives of the scientific publication. This stage involves business correspondence in a foreign language, communication with reviewers, and making revisions as necessary. Specialists in the field of scientific consulting completely take this organizational stage on themselves, freeing up time for the scientist to conduct quality research
- audit of the scientific work: at this stage, specialists in the field of scientific consulting check the article for errors, correctness of design, compliance with the rules of the journal, the novelty of the material, uniqueness and relevance to the academic community
- фcademic translation and prufreading: The editorial policy of ranking journals is strict and thorough. Poor quality translation of an academic paper may cause the article to be rejected by reviewers oreditors. Translation into academic English is one of the prerequisites for acceptance of materials by the editorial committee
- article indexing: a quality consulting service consists in a comprehensive approach and project management up to completion. The final stage of the publication process in the scientific database Scopus or Web of Science is considered the indexing of the article. Only in the case of indexing a scientific paper in the service the process can be considered complete.
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