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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 …

In this computer age, when writing a paper, consider saving your drafts with different file names. If you keep editing from your first draft, you might delete content you later …

Greetings again. I hope that all is going well. This week an international guest told me a common story. She said that when she submits papers, journal editors often say, …

Hello again! This week we’re featuring a resource that can help researchers use English well. I learned of this resource from AuthorAID community member Tamara Locke. (Thank you, Tammy.) The …

[This post is from Dr. Haroon Mohamed Haniffa, who received the AuthorAID grant to attend the Texas A&M University Intensive Course in Research Writing. Thank you, Dr. Haroon! —Barbara] …