02 December

Common Citation Styles 3: Chicago

The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its seventeen editions have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publishing.

27 November

Common Citation Styles 1: MLA

There are several different ways to cite a source in academic writing. In the past, every subject and specialty has had its own rule for referencing, but today there is a greater tendency among universities and colleges to choose a common method.

27 August

About H-Index

The h-index was developed by J.E. Hirsch and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102 (46): 16569-16572 November 15 2005. It reflects the productivity of authors based on their publication and citation records.

13 August

How much do you know about Scopus?

Scopus is Elsevier’s database, containing abstracts and citations, which started in 2004.
As Elsevier explains, Scopus can help you with the platform and analytical tools to showcase and leverage research quickly, Whether it’s to discover funding information, advance your career, make strategic decisions, prove ROI or simply to save time, being able to quickly access and make sense of emerging trends, find collaborators and discover competitive insights is crucial.

21 July

All about Google Scholar

It indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online academic journals and books, conference papers, theses and dissertations, preprints, abstracts, technical reports, and other scholarly literature, including court opinions and patents from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other websites. This estimate also determined how many documents were freely available on the web.