Resource Library
Video:Proposal Development Resource
From Grand Challenges Canada. Has 3 parts: Advice from Applicants, Mechanics of Writing, and Perspectives of Mentors. Includes videos and other materials.
Web resource:EQUATOR Network
Website of "an international initiative that seeks to improve reliability and value of medical research literature by promoting transparent and accurate reporting of research studies". (EQUATOR stands for Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research.) Available in English and in Spanish. Includes a library of guidelines for reporting research; resources for authors, editors, and peer reviewers; resources for developers of guidelines; and a newsletter in English, French, German, and Spanish.
AuthorAID Presentation (AAAS 2012)
Presentation about AuthorAID. From 2012 annual meeting of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Main aspects discussed: background, workshops, online resources, grants, mentoring.
Article:"Toward Better Descriptions of Innovations"
Advice on writing journal articles about innovations (new ways to do things). By the editor of the journal Academic Medicine.
SICRISA mentors
Presentation:Ethics of Scientific Publication: An Introduction
A lecture from a graduate course on scientific ethics. Focuses mainly on ethical standards for writing and publishing journal articles. Introduces basic principles of ethics, notes ethical norms and issues in research publication, and lists sources of further information.
Web resource:"Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing"
Module by Miguel Roig, PhD, professor of psychology, St. John's University. Funded and posted by the (US) Office of Research Integrity. Available in both HTML and PDF. Includes examples of adequate and inadequate paraphrasing.
Presentation:Scientific Writing: 10 Basics
Lecture from a writing-intensive undergraduate course (Biology of Mammalian Cells and Tissues) at Texas A&M University. Introduces basic principles. Suitable overall for students in a variety of fields.
Article:"How to Handle Authorship Disputes: A Guide for New Researchers"
From the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Discusses not only authorship disputes but also other aspects of authorship. Includes advice on preventing authorship problems, suggestions of what to do if such problems occur, definitions of important terms relating to authorship, and discussion of the concepts represented by these terms. Suitable not only for new researchers but also for more advanced ones.
Article:"Errors in Correlation and Regression Analyses"
By Tom Lang.