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Co-authorship plays an important role in scientific activity and allows researchers to exchange experience. What opportunities does co-authorship offer, and what does a researcher need to know before beginning a collaboration? Read our article.

What determines a scientist’s academic reputation and professional growth? Scientometric indicators have long moved beyond simple statistics and become one of the criteria used to assess publication activity, appointment to academic posts and the awarding of degrees. This is what today’s article is about.

Every month, Scopus updates the list of academic journals that have lost their indexing. The Scientific Publications company has prepared a list of publications that lost their indexing in June 2026, as well as the reasons for their exclusion. 

The manuscript has been submitted, and the countdown begins – yet what follows is a process that is rarely explained to a first-time author in any detail. Who reads an article before it is published? How long does the wait take, and why does even a strong piece of work come back with comments? We look at how peer review works and what an author should bear in mind at each stage.

Preparing a dissertation is not just about the text itself – it also means meeting a number of formal requirements. How many articles need to be published before the defence? We look at what the Higher Attestation Commission of Azerbaijan requires from dissertations, and what role scientific publications play in the process.

Preparing a dissertation is a years-long process whose success depends largely on how well it is organised from the very beginning. What should be accounted for when drawing up a work plan? Which stages require the most time? We address all of this in today's article.