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Hello again. Last week AuthorAID colleague Julie Walker mentioned a new resource. This resource is about ways to measure the impact of individual journal articles. In other words, it is …

Greetings again. I hope you’re doing well. Recently, after AuthorAID announced new grant recipients, someone posted a comment containing this request: “Dear Dr. Barbara, It would be useful if you …

More than one audience

Greetings again. I hope that all is going well for you. Recently a colleague forwarded an inquiry to me. In it, a researcher listed different ways to cite references in …

Hello again. This week I learned of a recently developed checklist from a journal. Authors are to complete the checklist when they submit papers. The checklist is “used to ensure …

Taking note

[This post is from AuthorAID community member Dr. Haseeb Md. Irfanullah. Haseeb works for Practical Action, a UK-based charity, in Bangladesh. He is available at hmirfanullah@yahoo.co.uk. Thanks …

Hello again. This week I’m focusing on a type of resource rather than a specific resource. This type of resource is called a structured abstract. Most of us are familiar …

[From Michelle Yeoman and Barbara Gastel:] Editing Solution: Sentence of the Week #27 We thank the readers who commented on last week's sentence. Your responses are correct. Good work! As …