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New norms, long lockdown
In this series, postgraduate students and researchers from around the world share the new challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing for their research and give advice to other researchers …
7 tips for writing an introduction to a paper
You have done all your background reading and identified some interesting past research to set the context for your research but how do you present it? Writing an introduction to …
A Time for Some of Us to Catch Up on Writing—and Use AuthorAID Resources
Greetings again. Two years have passed since my previous AuthorAID blog post. These years have been busy and have gone fast for me. I hope they have been good years …
Roundup of upcoming online opportunities to strengthen research and knowledge
In the current climate where face-to-face meetings and training activities are cancelled worldwide, we are aware that many people will be looking for alternative ways to stay connected and develop …
Enrolment open: “Research Writing in the Social Sciences” online course (2020)
We are now pleased to announce that our latest online course starts 6 April 2020
Capturing your research in pictures - results from our recent competition
Winning pictures from our recent 'Capture Your Research' competition, 2019
The story behind this year's winning Capture your Research photo
This year’s winner of the AuthorAID Capture your Research competition is Olajumoke Olufemi of the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. She is a pharmaceutical microbiologist who is passionate about curbing …
Study of AuthorAID researchers finds positive attitudes to Open Access but some barriers to publishing under this model
For Open Access Week, we are interested to hear your thoughts on Open Access today.
AuthorAID provides input into new research programme into misleading publishing practices
A new programme in Texas Tech University will research dubious publishing practices and develop training resources to help researchers navigate this problem. AuthorAID will be involved in piloting the training …
Rejections are inevitable but can push researchers to better research papers
This week is Peer Review Week, with a theme of quality in peer review, and we are sharing some experiences of peer review from people in the AuthorAID network. In …