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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
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…
3 Key Insights on Research Impact from Journal Editors

3 Key Insights on Research Impact from Journal Editors

What is impact and who decides? How do you convey the impact of your work? Which journal maximises the impact…
How to Create a Summer Writing Plan in 3 Steps [Guest Post]

How to Create a Summer Writing Plan in 3 Steps [Guest Post]

Are you already dreaming of all the writing you want to do this summer? You need a solid plan if…
5 Common Myths About Scientific Writing- and Why They Aren’t True

5 Common Myths About Scientific Writing- and Why They Aren’t True

Some opinions and assumptions can be damaging and might hinder you from becoming an excellent (and happy!) scientific author! Click…
How to Write a Scientific Paper Introduction

How to Write a Scientific Paper Introduction

Here are the 7 most common mistakes researchers make when writing their scientific paper introduction. Learn how to write a…
3 Hacks to Write a Winning Grant Proposal

3 Hacks to Write a Winning Grant Proposal

How to write a convincing grant proposal? Here are the 3 writing hacks for you to write a grant proposal…
How to Write a Paragraph for Your Scientific Paper

How to Write a Paragraph for Your Scientific Paper

This blog post has all you need to know about writing scientific paragraphs: You’ll learn the optimal research paper paragraph…
How (Not) to Write the Discussion Section of a Research Paper

How (Not) to Write the Discussion Section of a Research Paper

Discussion sections are the hardest part of a scientific paper to write! Here's how you can write a Discussion section…
Science Storytelling: Telling a Story with Data

Science Storytelling: Telling a Story with Data

Humans are story junkies, our brains evolved to love them. This blog post describes how you can tell stories with…
How to Publish in a High-Impact Journal

How to Publish in a High-Impact Journal

Nature, Science, Cell, Advanced Materials… — publishing in high-impact journals is difficult but not impossible. Here what the impact factor…
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…
My 4 Top Tips to Improve Your Scientific Writing

My 4 Top Tips to Improve Your Scientific Writing

Would you like to write better papers in less time but don’t know where to start? I’m sharing four strategies…
Why You Should Communicate Your Science Through Comics and How to Get Started – A Comic [Guest Post]

Why You Should Communicate Your Science Through Comics and How to Get Started – A Comic [Guest Post]

Looking for creative ways to communicate your research to the public or in a graphical abstract? Here’s a comic by…

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