Articles

A practising doctor rarely thinks of an article as part of their everyday work. Yet it is publications that open the way to a dissertation defence, an academic title and a higher qualification level. Why is it harder to advance one’s career without them?

Publications with international co-authorship account for an ever-growing share in Scopus and Web of Science. How do you find a suitable partner for a joint publication in an international journal? Are there specialised platforms for the search? How do you make that first contact? We look at the main tools for finding a co-author and the key agreements worth establishing before the work begins.

The use of artificial intelligence tools in preparing scientific texts has become a common practice among scholars. But what happens if a journal’s editorial board or a dissertation council detects signs of automatically generated text? What requirements apply, and how can an article be prepared to avoid rejection? We examine what to look out for before submitting a scientific paper.

More and more researchers planning to publish in international journals are turning to machine translation services – Google Translate, DeepL and similar tools. These technologies are indeed becoming more accurate; however, academic scientific text places particular demands on translation. We analyse the limitations of machine translation and why underestimating them may affect the fate of a manuscript at the editorial stage.

The Scopus database has updated the list of indexed scientific publications. How many journals were excluded in May 2026 and for what reasons? We examine all the details in our article.

Many scholars across the CIS regard publication in journals from the national lists as a compulsory step before the defence. But what real benefit do these journals provide beyond the formal requirement? We examine what advantages HAC journals offer and why their role is not confined to a single line in the regulations.