Rising Scholars News

Chop it up

Greetings again. I hope you’re doing well. The intensive course that I teach on research writing began last week. The week included 2 guest presentations by a faculty member known …

Hello again. This week’s resource is a presentation that answers a common question: “I submitted my manuscript. Now what happens to it?” The presentation is by Leslie Neistadt, managing editor …

No place for suspense

[This post is from is from Sergio Lozano—a physician, translator, and editor in Mexico. Thank you, Sergio! –Barbara] I recently facilitated a biomedical writing course with the participation of the …

[Below is a guest post from Alejandra Arreola-Triana, whose work includes Spanish translation for AuthorAID. Thank you, Alex! —BG] I will be teaching scientific writing next semester at my university, …

Avoiding the rejection pile

Greetings again. I hope your week has started well. As you may recall, the COPE Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers were our latest Resource of the Week. These guidelines …

We are pleased to announce our second set of small grants for 2013. Our travel grants are for researchers to present their work at conferences, and our workshop grants are …

Hello again. A few months ago our Resource of the Week was a draft of the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers. Comments were being sought …