Rising Scholars News

Despite all the hype, AI tools may be useful aids in higher education, but human intelligence remains a crucial ingredient.

The top mentoring qualities include empathy, clear communication, patience and flexibility, knowledge, networking, time management, encouraging creativity and being a good role model.

Kojo Ahiakpa and Benjamin Karikari provide a summary of the basic components that a normal research article ought to contain, including detailed information that should be contained in each section.

Finding suitable funding opportunities requires in-depth understanding of the funding landscape.

Literature maps and matrices enable researchers to visually represent and analyse journal articles in context. 

Somefun Oluwaseyi suggests ways to achieve set goals instead of New Year's reolutions -- and stick to them.

Dr Helen Onyeaka covers why it is important for researchers to be visible, how to become known in a particular field and how to establish connections with other researchers.

Edmond Sanganyado shares valuable lessons that helped his team get their interdisciplinary study published.

In this case study, Haseeb Irfanullah shares the background story of a recent peer-reviewed article on climate change that he published with two other co-authors

Every month, members of the AuthorAID community come together for an informal online event called “Tea Time with AuthorAID”. This month, AuthorAID steward Dr. Zainab Yunusa Kaltungo, who is a plastic …