Author : Dinara Bisimbaeva

Text recycling is widely discussed in the research community. However, editors and authors may have contrasting opinions on this matter. What are the reasons for their disagreement, in what sections text recycling is appropriate and how to avoid self-plagiarism?… read more  

Almost all my editorials were written drawing on the experience of working with authors. The articles examined issues that were considered controversial or challenging for authors. However, this editorial will focus on another important participants… read more  

Any scholarly journal undergoes changes at some point of its development. The updates can be large-scale and deal with the journal’s strategy, editorial policy or structure, or they can address technical issues. Whatever transformational processes… read more  

One of the most frequent comments that the editors of Education and Self Development make at the stage of preliminary assessment relates to the Discussion chapter. This section is either not discursive or written superficially. In this editorial I want… read more  

This editorial was written following the discussion initiated at the conference for
scientific editors and publishers. The delegates raised a number of relevant and thoughtprovoking
issues. Among them was the quality of reviews, the author-editorship
interaction,… read more  

What makes a scientific paper good? I believe everyone has an answer or at least an assumption. The variations in answers are contingent on firsthand experience. The feed- back that we receive from reviewers and editors when we submit our papers to journals… read more