Rising Scholars News

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 …

Greetings again. I hope you’re doing well. As you might have seen, the AuthorAID website has a new look. Have you explored the website since the changes were made? If …

Hello again. Many of us want to communicate well with users of both British and American English. So, this week our resource post focuses on 2 resources in this regard. …

If you want to know more about a research subject, consider reading a review article about it. Some online databases indicate recent papers that have cited the review article. Obtaining …

Greetings again. I hope that all is going well for you. Today I read some disappointing news: that the magazine The Scientist was stopping publication. This magazine, which …

Hello again. Last week some PhD students from Mexico visited our university. While here, they wanted guidance on preparing literature review sections of dissertations. The  talks they saw and heard …