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Friday, May 1, 2015

Fundamentals of Research : Elsevier Publishing Campus

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Dear Pharmacy Students, 

It is evident that there is a decline in the student scholarly research activities due lack knowledge on the fundamentals of research. We publish a couple of papers and feel like we know everything, unfortunately there exists fake journals, fake impact factors with no proper abstracting and indexing.. 

In this case it is important to know :
  1. What is peer review?
  2. What is Impact factor?
  3. Difference between fake impact factor and a true impact factor?
  4. Different Impact factors and which one to trust?
  5. What are scholarly publications?
  6. What is abstracting and Indexing?
  7. What is the publishing process in scholarly publications?
  8. How to draft a manuscript and how to submit it?
  9. How to write a research proposal?
  10. What is Bibliography and literature review?
  11. What is plagiarism and various softwares available?
Get answered to 100's of questions like this...

Elsevier is the world's leading information resource provider offering a free online certified course with six different colleges to teach the fundamentals of research. Here are the different colleges:
  1. College of Skills training
  2. College of Big Ideas
  3. College of Networking
  4. College of Research solutions
  5. College of Career planning
  6. College of recommended Organizations.

"If you think you know everything then you know nothing"


Your role is changing. Researchers today need to secure funding, collaborate, share data, publish results, commercialize research and demonstrate impact. Early career researchers in particular are under significant pressures and Elsevier is committed to supporting you on you way to publishing a world class journal article or book and developing your career as a successful professional researcher.

"The Elsevier Publishing Campus" is an online platform offering free lectures, interactive training and professional advice. Perhaps you are interested in writing a journal article or submitting a book proposal; learning how to conduct peer review for a high impact journal; understanding research and publishing ethics or writing a successful grant application, whatever it may be we have the resources to help you achieve your goals.
Dedicated training takes time and effort on your part and we believe successful researchers should be recognized for this. For each interactive training module or online seminar that you complete, your work will be recognized with an awarded certificate from Elsevier.

Our hope is that you will also be inspired to contribute to this community. Perhaps you have an idea to share, a view on a specific trend or topic, or maybe you wish to leave a comment – We welcome all your participation.
Here is the official website:

For more details:
Contact: Deepak Kumar Bandari
Elsevier Student Ambassador
E-mail : bdkphd@gmail.com

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