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Want to learn how to write a scientific paper?
A computer screen displaying a promotional banner for a free training session titled 'how to get published in high-ranking journals without lacking structure in the writing process' by Anna Clemens, Phd
Want to Write a Successful Grant? Nail This Part First. [Guest Post]

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

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

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

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

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

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!)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
The 10 Most Common Mistakes Scientists Make in Their Presentation Figures

The 10 Most Common Mistakes Scientists Make in Their Presentation Figures

Here's how to create graphs for your next presentation to get across your keypoints and keep your audience engaged. There's…
A Conversation with Dr Karrera Djoko

A Conversation with Dr Karrera Djoko

I talk to Karrera, an Assistant Professor at Durham University, about her unique writing process, a tool she uses for…
13 Open Publishing Tools to Bookmark Now

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

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

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’

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

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

Anti-Racism in Science

I would like to use this space to ask you to help to fight racism in science – especially if…
5 Most Common Reasons Why Your Paper Was Desk-Rejected

5 Most Common Reasons Why Your Paper Was Desk-Rejected

If your paper was rejected without review, it may not be obvious to you as the author what the reasons…
A Conversation with Sam Perry

A Conversation with Sam Perry

In this interview, Dr. Sam Perry shares what helped him develop his writing practice and the process he uses when…

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