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On Tuesday, July 23, 2025, at 3:00 PM Gulf Standard Time (GST), The Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE) hosted a highly e...

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Plagiarism, a long-standing issue in academia, has taken a new form with the recent revelation of copied text in peer-revie...

The Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE) proudly welcomes the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information. This d...

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