Rising Scholars News

Greetings again. I hope that all is going well for you. Here in America, many children are now starting their school year. Therefore many newspapers and magazines are publishing back-to-school …

Hello again! This week’s resource gives advice for making journal articles easy for search engines (for example, Google) to find. The resource, titled “Optimizing Your Article for Search Engines …

Do not cite a journal article if you have read only the abstract. Without reading the full paper, you cannot know the details. Also, some abstracts are not accurate.

Greetings again. I hope you’re doing well. As you may recall, applications for AuthorAID grants were due the end of last month. AuthorAID received many applications, and the selection committee …

Peer reviewing is important in research publication. However, few researchers have been taught how to prepare helpful peer reviews. Fortunately, some recent articles offer advice on peer reviewing. Let me …

Some authors write their first drafts as freely as possible without paying much attention to editing. Others write their first drafts by paying much attention to editing. Use the approach …

Greetings again. I hope all is going well. Earlier this month, during a trip to the Boston area, I visited the television station WGBH. I did so because a …

Hello again! This week’s resource is one that graduate assistant Alejandra (Alex) Arreola Triana mentioned. This resource, a book on scientific writing, is titled Manual de Redacción Científica. It is …

[Earlier this year, AuthorAID held a research writing workshop and train-the-trainer workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal. Some attendees now have gone on to give an AuthorAID workshop in Biratnagar, Nepal. …

Hello again! This week’s resource provides definitions from many dictionaries. The resource is called OneLook Dictionary Search. To use it, type an English-language word in the space provided. Then …