1. The Email That Uncovered Malpractice: A story inspired by a real case reported in the COPE repository; names and details have been changed. Ernesto, a veteran reviewer, found a paragraph of his own—verbatim—in an article published six months later. He discovered that the author had copied the blind review he received from another journal . […]
Preprints and continuous publishing : 2025 strategy for Ibero-American publishers
1. A Click That Left the Print Issue Behind: An Illustrative Story Based on Testimonies from Editors Who Adopted Continuous publishing . Lucía—editor-in-chief of the Journal de Bioquímica Vegetal—was reviewing the submissions board, as she did every Friday. Four articles were needed to complete volume 42-2, and the publishing date was nine weeks away. […]
How to index your journal in SciELO step by step (2025 Guide)
1. The Call That Changed Everything Note: The following narrative is an illustrative case study built from a combination of real experiences. The Journal of Contemporary History had been published for 23 years but had fewer than 300 monthly downloads. Marta, its editor, received an email from a Brazilian researcher who couldn't find the articles since […]
Cloud-based editorial management system vs OJS (2025 Guide)
1. The day Carlos discovered that “the cloud” is also science. Carlos—editor of the Ibero-American Journal of Pediatrics—woke up that Thursday in April to find his website down. A colleague alerted him that he had tried to download the latest issue of the journal and found that the page wouldn't load. While restarting his VPS, Carlos […]
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