Switching Mentors: Does It Help a Researcher?
At some point in their career, many researchers feel that communication with their mentor is ineffective, but other researchers say that good relations with mentors are possible…
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Ways to Mentor the Next Generation of Scientific Researchers
The world is changing fast and we communicate even faster. The new generation of students are used to a system in which information circulates constantly through new media that…
How to Write a Winning, 3-Part Conference Proposal
Most conferences receive more proposals than they can include, so how can you ensure that your's ends up in the program? In general reviewers are looking for papers that integrate…
How Can a Researcher Use a Library Effectively?
Although every library has outreach and support programs tailored to the needs of its primary users, some types of formal initiative are common to all. One of these is the…
Maximizing Your Time: When to Research, When to Write, When to Edit
What’s the Difference?
Every person has both a different writing and learning style. Every student works on research papers differently. Those working on advanced degrees have the…
Are Digital Lab Books Right for Researchers?
Digital lab notebooks have been available to record research for many years but their shortcomings have prevented them from being widely accepted. But that may be changing now. New…
Impact of Performance-Based Research Funds on Researchers
Money for quality. Encouraging research excellence by allocating funds to reward high performance sounds like a good idea. The goal is clear: increase the quality of research and…
The Impact of Research Discovery Services and Platforms on Academic Usage
Researchers use a considerable amount of effort and time to find information sources. A discovery tool that locates and discovers a wide variety of information sources that can be…
Where Else Can Researchers Find Support If the Advisor Is Not Helping Enough?
Isolation, anxiousness, search for perfection, researching failures, and stress—these are only some of the many problems PhD students usually cope with at some point in their…
Guide on Scholarly Research Funding
If you are an individual with research you believe to be valuable and essential to the academic world, but you have no means to publish your work, then you may want to consider…
Six Things Every PhD Student Should Refuse to Do in Order to Be Successful
There are several things a PhD student must do to in order to succeed. There are also things a student must not do if he or she wants to be successful. Here are six things you…
How to Deal With Your Supervisor Claiming the Authorship of Your Research Paper
Among the unethical practices that exist in the academic publishing field, there is a practice that really bothers researchers: gift authorship. Sometimes, senior supervisors or…