If you’ve trained as a scientist, you know that part of the learning curve involves figuring out how to write a scientific paper. Unfortunately, few scientists receive explicit instruction in…
“Scientific literacy must include the ability to recognize publishing fraud.” – Jeffrey Beall By the time you reach the point in your career when you're deciding which journals your work…
The years you spend as a post-doctoral fellow can be some of the most important—and most overwhelming—of your career. Not only have expectations of you increased, including your expertise,…
At some point in almost every scientist’s early career, he or she is asked to peer review a research paper for a journal. Peer reviews are crucial to maintaining…
Do you feel overwhelmed by the number of research papers in your field? Do you wonder if you’re missing key ideas that could be critical for your research program?…
We’re all familiar with the stereotypical image of the lone scientist, slaving away (usually in the lab) for years to produce game-changing results that earn them the Nobel Prize.…
Researchers are well aware of the importance of understanding how their field has developed over time, and where their research fits into that broader context. We don’t want to…
Doing a graduate degree can be an intense experience. You spend a lot of time with your grad school cohort: you share the ups and downs of grad student…
In the previous post we discussed the idea of science being broken, a crisis driven by a combination of the public being less convinced of scientific research than they used to…
Given the headlines lately, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the public doesn’t trust scientists, and that science ranks no higher than opinion in understanding the world. Journal article…