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Does publishing medical case reports qualify you as a researcher or just as an author?

I started writing medical content in 2021. Before that, I had never published (or attempted to publish) anything related to medical content. Since then, I have published around 40-50 manuscripts, out ...
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Can a publisher make substantial edits and publish them without the author, editor, and designer's permission?

After spending nine months to create a catalog, I submitted the completed layout to the organization paying for the printing of the book under intense pressure to get done. I curated the exhibitions ...
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Authorship on a manuscript that has gone through significant changes

I have an MS in a scientific field and have published several papers in the peer-reviewed literature in that field. Three and half years ago, while still working in that field, I began a side-project (...
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How should I go about publishing a manuscript in which my mentor does not actively support my best interests?

I am at a loss of what to do. I had started working on this project, a systematic review and meta-analysis back in undergrad. I was a senior. Long story short, for a while my manuscript was going well....
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Ask opinion about situations in which researchers/non-researchers get involved in projects (externally) and the best way to avoid strange situations

I'm junior researcher so I'll appreciate your understanding on my very short 'experience' for the things I'm going to explain: I'd appreciate your comments regarding two relatively similar situations ...
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Does posting my work on the Internet protect me if someone else tries to publish it with peer review under their own name?

I'm in a very unique situation. I have ideas of something potentially valuable for science and I want to get it published but I haven't been able to go through the peer-review process, yet. That is ...
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How can I enter name as author(even after work)in a govt level research without affiliation with an institution? [duplicate]

This question is particularly aimed to target researchers with many years experience in this field.I have done bachelors in Bioinformatics and got an unofficial/voluntary opportunity to work with ...
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Author without institutional or professional affiliation [duplicate]

Here is the case: An author has made substantial contribution while not been related to any institutional or professional affiliation. The question I sent to Nature: An author has made substantial ...
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Publishing a scientific article without being a student or a researcher [duplicate]

From what I got to see during my research internship, research master's students, PhD students and researchers, when they do some decent research work or project, they sometimes send a scientific ...
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