While creativity and analytical skills often distinguish great scientists, the art of writing a good manuscript is an acquired skill, which plays a key role in a successful scientific carrier. Here, we briefly summarize our recommendations, wishing you success for your next submission! A good manuscript addresses a single, major scientific question and …
Immunohistochemistry is like cooking. There are many recipes out there, but some of them do not work out well. However, when they do, they are great! You need the right ingredients, a dose of experience, a few tricks from old cooks, and a grain of common sense. Read more to learn about traps to avoid, …
Perhaps now, more than ever before, a successful independent research career depends not only on your skills as a scientific investigator, but also on your ability to identify and navigate various complex funding mechanisms in order to compete successfully for grants and awards to support your work. For this reason, it is important to consider …
EJN is member of the Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium (NPRC). The Consortium is an alliance of neuroscience journals that have agreed to share manuscript reviews, at the author’s request. Its goal is to speed and enhance thorough peer review by reducing the number of times that manuscripts are reviewed. Manuscripts that are not accepted for …
From April 2008, the NIH is mandating grantees to deposit their peer-reviewed author manuscripts in PubMed Central, to be made publicly available within 12 months of publication. The NIH mandate applies to all articles based on research that has been wholly or partially funded by the NIH and that are accepted for publication on or …