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For prestige, some authors want to list as co-authors some researchers whose publications are well known. However, researchers should be included as co-authors only if they have contributed substantially to the research.

[This post is from Texas A&M University student Jenny Russell, who is an editor of the Texas A&M undergraduate research journal, Explorations. Thank you, Jenny! —BG] It is never …

Hello again. Many members of the AuthorAID community want to find open access journals. A valuable resource is this regard is the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). DOAJ was …

Meeting deadlines sometimes is not feasible for authors. If an editor gives you a deadline for resubmitting a paper, but you cannot meet it, ask for an extension and ensure …

[This post is from Ravi Murugesan, AuthorAID training coordinator. Thank you, Ravi! —Barbara] Greetings from London! I’ve just returned from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, where I facilitated an AuthorAID workshop …

Hello again. This time the Resource of the Week is a website that I often use. Like many others in the AuthorAID community, I communicate with colleagues in a variety …

If possible, choose a research topic you care deeply about. After all, you will spend weeks, months, or years on it.

Greetings again. Recently someone requested advice on writing good paragraphs in journal articles. Others also might like advice on this topic, and so it’s the subject of this blog post. …

Hello again. This time our Resource of the Week is a collection of the 25 most recent AuthorAID Tips of the Week. A few hours ago we added it to …

If possible, place each reference immediately after the idea it refers to. For example, instead of writing "Some studies have shown the impacts of fish on the economies of Ghana …