May 5, 2016 Dr. Janice Nigro, Filipodia Editor   If you want to get an emotional response out of even the most introverted of scientific colleagues (yes,… Read more “Under pressure, peer-review”

April 28, 2016 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh   Where to look up Journal Impact Factors   The IF for an article published in any journal is… Read more “Journal Impact Factors: Part IV”

April 21, 2016 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh   Be aware of mis-informed and too vague interpretations   The JIF is a quantitative measure of a journal’s… Read more “Journal Impact Factors: Part III”

April 14, 2016 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh   Interpreting the Journal Impact Factor   While the IF can indicate the importance of a journal within its… Read more “Journal Impact Factors: Part II”

April 7, 2016 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh   Assessing the quality, integrity and trustworthiness of scientific and medical data, even when published in a peer-reviewed journal,… Read more “Journal Impact Factors: Part I”

March 31, 2016 Dr. Nigro, Filipodia editor   Retraction. ReTRACtion. It even sounds like it could be something painful, and well, it is. We like to use… Read more “The case of the immortal stem cells”

March 10, 2016 Dr. Nigro, Filipodia editor   The most uncomfortable question coming from my PhD advisor when I was a graduate student was “What are you… Read more “The trouble with publications”

June 3, 2016 Dr. Janice Nigro, Filipodia Editor   I have always loved to travel, and when I am not traveling, I surround myself with people from… Read more “Unscrambling the eggs: My life as a science and medical editor and writer”