Many graduate students are often concerned that academic writing is too difficult. This concern, however, can be eased. There are many tips a student can learn in order to become a better academic writer. This includes understanding how the…
Conference presentations offer an ideal forum to share your work with other researchers and receive feedback. They can take many forms, including short or full papers, round-table or panel discussions, workshops, and poster presentations.…
No matter how brilliant a researcher you are, you must be able to write about your research effectively to have any impact on the scientific world. Unfortunately for most of us, research and writing are two very different skills. Even the…
A Ph.D. is an academic or professional degree that shows an individual has completed advanced studies in a specialized field. Earning a Ph.D. is a noteworthy achievement and also a challenging task.
Completing a Ph.D. involves a lot of…
While advances in technology over the past several decades' have made it easier than ever to stay up to date in a particular field, the constant flood of information has also made it more difficult for researchers to stay focused.…
Open Science is the rational choice to promote openness, integrity, collaboration, and reproducibility in scholarly research. Open Access (OA) supports transparency and free availability of research articles. But has the research community…
Science is expensive. Materials, equipment, lab costs and staffing all add up. While businesses might be able to fund all their own research, this is almost never true for the academic institutions. Instead, many researchers have had to…
This checklist will assist researchers in identifying digital tools and initiatives to select the right journal for their manuscript thereby ensuring the best chance of article acceptance. Publishing research in international peer-reviewed…