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6 Benefits of Academic Writing Retreats

The science behind academic writing retreats. Don’t miss to register to our retreat – there are only five tickets left!

3 Principals for Writing a Great Lay Summary for Your Proposal

Don’t underestimate the importance of lay summaries. Here are some of my discoveries from writing for popular science magazines.

Want to Write a Successful Grant? Nail This Part First. [Guest Post]

This article covers the most important step in the grant writing process that nobody talks about. Learn how to save…

How to Make Your Writing Flow

Wondering how to make your writing flow better? The technique is actually simpler than many researchers think and a key…

6 Holiday Book Tips for Scientists

Whether you are looking for books to read during your holidays or for a present for a scientist friend, you’re…

The 5 Most Common Mistakes When Writing a Grant Proposal

Check out the 5 most common mistakes when writing a grant proposal and learn how you can improve your funding…

5 Tips for Writing Materials & Methods Sections

I know you are at a stage in your scientific career where you know how to write a decent Materials…

When and How to Hire an Editor or Writing Coach – A Comprehensive-ish Guide

Looking for an academic writing coach or scientific editor? This guide explains the difference between editing and proof-reading, whether structural…

19 Academic Writing Tools (that are completely free!)

Whether you're looking for an academic phrase finder, a collaborative academic writing software, a tool to stay focused on your…

5 Tips for Preparing Preprints

If you have decided to publish a preprint (congrats!), you may be wondering how to go about it. Here’s all…

7 Benefits of Publishing a Preprint

Preprints are rapidly gaining popularity, even in chemistry and the life sciences. Should you publish a preprint? Let me help…

5 Disadvantages of Preprints

Preprints are becoming increasingly popular in more and more fields. You may be wondering: What is a preprint? What are…

A Conversation with Dr Nadine Borduas-Dedekind

Nadine is an atmospheric chemist and a new PI who currently works at ETH Zürich in Switzerland. We talk about…

How to Make a Graphical Abstract for Your Scientific Paper

Multimedia science communicator Dr Gaius Augustus explains what a graphical abstract is and shows you three graphical abstract examples with…

A Conversation with Dr Laura Rossi

I talk to Dr Laura Rossi about the challenges when writing papers, strategies to write productively and the importance of…

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Being a Non-Native English Speaker Matters Less Than You Think When It Comes to Writing Great Scientific Papers

Academic English is nobody's first language, and these tips will show you how to write scientific papers even if English…

6 Open Science Tools for Analysing Your Research Field – That You Should Be Aware Of

How can you use open science tools to analyse research field? Find out more about the power of connecting open…

13 Open Publishing Tools to Bookmark Now

Open publishing can be hard to navigate. There are a lot of options and the definitions vary widely. Discover 13…

10 Open Science Tools for Literature Review You Should Know about

Here are 10 literature search tools that will make your scientific literature search faster and more convenient. All of the…

Book Review: Science Research Writing by Hilary Glasman-Deal

Science Research Writing by Hilary Glasman-Deal is 384 pages long and focuses on the specifics of writing a paper. This…

Podcast Interview – ‘The Secrets on How to Get Published in High-Impact Journals’

Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr Malin Edvardsson from Biolin Scientific, where she picked my brain…

How to Write a Paper Efficiently – The 5-Step Paper Writing Process

Writing papers takes you a lot of time? And you never really know what to write in which order? Check…

Anti-Racism in Science

I would like to use this space to ask you to help to fight racism in science – especially if…

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Want to learn how to write a scientific paper?

Want to learn how to write a scientific paper?

6 Benefits of Academic Writing Retreats

3 Principals for Writing a Great Lay Summary for Your Proposal

Want to Write a Successful Grant? Nail This Part First. [Guest Post]

How to Make Your Writing Flow

6 Holiday Book Tips for Scientists

The 5 Most Common Mistakes When Writing a Grant Proposal

5 Tips for Writing Materials & Methods Sections

When and How to Hire an Editor or Writing Coach – A Comprehensive-ish Guide

19 Academic Writing Tools (that are completely free!)

5 Tips for Preparing Preprints

7 Benefits of Publishing a Preprint

5 Disadvantages of Preprints

A Conversation with Dr Nadine Borduas-Dedekind

How to Make a Graphical Abstract for Your Scientific Paper

A Conversation with Dr Laura Rossi

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Being a Non-Native English Speaker Matters Less Than You Think When It Comes to Writing Great Scientific Papers

6 Open Science Tools for Analysing Your Research Field – That You Should Be Aware Of

13 Open Publishing Tools to Bookmark Now

10 Open Science Tools for Literature Review You Should Know about

Book Review: Science Research Writing by Hilary Glasman-Deal

Podcast Interview – ‘The Secrets on How to Get Published in High-Impact Journals’

How to Write a Paper Efficiently – The 5-Step Paper Writing Process

Anti-Racism in Science