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High Speed With High Quality In Your Publication – How To Achieve Both Simultaneously? Via Regenerative Desktop Publishing!

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Thursday, 13 Oct 2022 (Manila), creating my new blog “Regenerative Desktop Publishing” (where you’re reading this now), I declared that I have come up with a new package of, nay reinvented modern publishing by thinking out an entirely new term – “ Regenerative Desktop Publishing ” (Regenerative DTP) – which is publishing in high speed with high-quality results. The image above is the cover of the Philippine Journal of Crop Science (PJCS) of April 2021, the latest issue ( Philippine Journal of Crop Science, philippjcropsci.com ). The PJCS is published by the Crop Science Society of the Philippines (CSSP). The latest issue being April 2021 as of 14 Oct 2022 means the PJCS is late by 4 issues: Aug 2021, Dec 2021, April 2022, and Aug 2022. This is sad news. This is a PH Editor In Chief speaking. I'm thinking now of offering my services as the digital Executive Editor of PJCS. I am not a stranger to the PJCS – I was the Editor In Chief 2001-2008 who wrought a miracle, rescu...

Why Are PH Universities Ranked Way, Way Down! THE World University Rankings? Asking As A Friend!

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All Top Universities of the Philippines should be ashamed of themselves – none in the “Top 100” of the 2023 Times Higher Education- World University Rankings (THE-WUR)! (Arrow image from pngtree.com ) There is my alma mater University of the Philippines System (UP) issuing this statement (in part, from Facebook post shared by Ramon Yedra ): UP congratulates… Ateneo De Manila University on ADMU’s placing in the 351-400 bracket in the latest Times Higher Education-World University Rankings… Such accomplishments… are a net gain for the honor and prestige of the country and an inspiration for all Filipino scholars and academics. Nyet. A UP alumnus, I say “Top 351-400” is something to sneeze at! Let us consider “THE World University Rankings Explained” ( timeshighereducation.com ): Each university is judged in five categories covering the core missions of all world-class, global universities: Teaching, Research, Citations (research influence), Industry Income and International...