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Inaccurate references can make a good paper lose its shine. And if authors whose work you cite happen to be your peer reviewers, inaccurate references to their work will not …

Greetings again. I hope you’re doing well. Recently a researcher asked a question that might apply to many of us in the AuthorAID community. By way of background: When one …

Hello again. This week I’m pleased to introduce more resources on publication ethics. These resources come from publishers of journals. Some of these publishers are publishing companies, and others are …

This is the announcement for the first set of small grants in 2012.

The title of a paper should have the fewest possible words that adequately indicate the contents. Extra phrases such as "a study of" or "observations on" usually should not be …

Greetings again. I hope you had a good week. As some may recall, the most recent Resource of the Week was a resource useful in learning to paraphrase. The current …

Hello again. This week I learned of another resource on avoiding plagiarism. It includes guidance on paraphrasing (that is, on using one’s own words to present what others said). This …

Greetings again. And special wishes to readers (for example, in China and Vietnam) who are celebrating the start of the Year of the Dragon. In Chinese culture, the dragon is …

One way to make writing more concise is to delete needless words. For example, instead of writing "The dye was red in color," just write "The dye was red."

Hello again. This week I’m featuring a resource on resources. An AuthorAID community member mentioned this resource last week. Its title is "Authorship Skills Web-Bibliography". This web-bibliography is a 42-slide PowerPoint …