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“Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera…”

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In the musical The King and I, the King of Siam often underlines his importance by finishing his proclamations with the above expression. While meant in the musical to be comical, the expression “etcetera” can be overused in formal and academic English writing. “Etcetera” comes from the Latin words et cetera, meaning “and the rest.” … Read the full story

Time to move from debating the transparency of Open Access publishing costs to the transparency of value and its price

in Business updates, Guest blogs

The grander Plan S debate, as well as large publisher deals (both those signed and those non-renewed by consortia) this year, brings to the surface the over-arching desire for transparency around Open Access publishing costs for journal articles. The real challenge in this desire, I believe and also often brought up in Twitter threads, is … Read the full story

New: Peerwith Book Publishing Service

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We can smartly process your book manuscripts, from initial author contract to finished product, allowing you to focus your energies on acquisition Peerwith is proud to introduce a new, innovative service for publishers, Peerwith Book Publishing Service. Peerwith Book Publishing Service is a full-service operation for processing book projects, from the initial author contract, through the … Read the full story

More “Bang for Your Buck” With Machine Translation

in Business updates, Case Study

Although Machine Translation (MT) is becoming more acceptable, it is understandable that some reservations for using the service persist.  Some frequent concerns include the degree of trust we give machines to correctly translate the context of academic texts, or the problems computers have with translating idiomatic and figurative language, where humans have the clear advantage. … Read the full story

Case Study: machine-translation, for a cost-effective service

in Case Study

In this case study we look at an Editing after machine-translation service request we received from Dr. Marques, a researcher from Brazil. This client is in need of a translation Portugueese into English, in order to submit it to a journal. First, what about a “normal” translation? Freelancers to translate in the language combination Portugueese … Read the full story

The essence of peer-to-peer editing services

in Business updates

A few months ago, we published a Case Study: Going the Extra Mile on Peerwith. Today’s Blog is an extension of this case study as I wanted to show you what happens after you post a request on Peerwith – at present day. We made it our mission: To be the leading peer-to-peer researcher services marketplace; connecting … Read the full story

An interview with Data & Statistics expert Dr. Kingsley from Nigeria

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Dr. Kingsley, you are a specialist in internal medicine, public health physician and epidemiologist from Nigeria. I am a specialist in internal medicine, public health physician, epidemiologist, and sub-specialist trainee in clinical respiratory medicine. Also, I enjoy working on interdisciplinary research that combines and mix of approaches ranging from clinical, economic, epidemiological, and study designs  … Read the full story

Editors Canada and the Peerwith.Expert Partner Program

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We receive frequent requests from Experts to highlight society memberships, association and/or qualifications on their Peerwith Expert page. The Peerwith.Expert Partner Program connects Expert profile page to societies, associations and other relevant parties as partners.  After verification and confirmation your membership or qualification will appear on the  Peerwith.Expert profile page. This helps the client when using the filter mechanism on the website, to select the best … Read the full story

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