Rising Scholars News

[This week’s blog post is from AuthorAID community member Richard de Grijs, a professor at the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, China. Richard has published many articles …

Be tactful in criticizing the work of other authors while justifying yours. Know that an author cited is a potential reviewer of your paper.

Greetings again. I hope that all is going well for you. A few days ago I returned from facilitating an AuthorAID workshop on writing grant proposals. This 4-day workshop was …

Earlier this month, international communication of research lost a good friend: Editor Bruce Squires died at age 77. Bruce P Squires MD, PhD, was editor-in-chief of CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association …

Numbers can help strengthen your writing. But before you use percentages or proportions, make sure readers know the base number. If an author claims "33.3% of the rats died, 33.3% …

Hello again! The current Resource of the Week is really more than 4,000 resources. Let me tell you the story. Perhaps you’ve heard of the (US) National Academies (the National …

Hello! This week I’m featuring 2 resources on publication ethics. I’m also mentioning another resource from the organization that prepared one of these resources. The first resource, Publishing Ethics 101: …

Greetings again. I hope that all is going well for you. I’m writing this blog post in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, where the American Medical Writers Association annual conference just ended. …

Hello again. I’m releasing this post while at the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) annual conference. In the United States, October is a popular time for conferences. Some reasons: In …

Effective photographs can be worth a thousand words of type. But before publishing a photograph for which you do not hold copyright, be sure to obtain permission from the copyright …