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In the daily lives of people working in academia, the maxim publish or perish can mean different things depending on where you are in your academic career. For graduate students, it means that if the research you’re working on isn’t…

The Declining Art of Good Research We seem to be compromising our commitment to good research in favor of publishable research, and there are a combination of trends that are accountable for this. The first is the continued pressure of…

What is the High Quality Research Act? The ambiguously titled High Quality Research Act (HQRA) came into existence in April 2013 as proposed legislation by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and…

Whether you’re a researcher starting a literature review for a new project, or just staying current with the research in your field, recognizing good academic writing can help you to make the most of what little time you are able to make…

Writing a journal article requires many of the same steps it takes to write a dissertation, just on a different scale. However, there are a few key steps that differ between the two. This post will give you an overview of what those steps…

What is Participatory Action Research (PAR)? The term "action research" is attributed to Kurt Lewin, who used it to describe a research methodology that focused on problem solving as opposed to investigation. The participation element…

Have you ever thought about a career outside of academia? Maybe you’re in a field where it’s relatively common to do so. But even if you’re not, the academic job market has been so tight for the last few years that many doctoral students…

The Case for Unique Identifiers The need for unambiguous identification of authorship goes beyond simply avoiding the problem of how many "John Smiths" there are in the world. Unique identification of authorship also facilitates accurate…

When academic researchers were asked, biggest frustration in getting their papers published, and the issue of different formatting requirements for different journals showed up in the top two or three. Having to take time away from their…

Do you spend hours writing chapters and articles and find that it still never sounds quite right? Many people think the only way to improve their writing is to keeping hacking away at it. But that’s not the case. The trick that most people…