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Toolkit:A guide to starting and running an AuthorAID journal club

By | Aug. 16, 2023
In this guide, we outline the steps to starting and running your own AuthorAID journal club and share learning from our existing journal clubs.

Topics: Data analysis and statistics, Peer reviewing and editing, Research and publication ethics, The publishing process, Career resources, Scientific writing, Academic writing and style, Research literature

Book:The ABCs of Scientific Writing: A Guide for Researchers

By | Aug. 16, 2023
...e writing-not strict to scientific writing. It has designed for passionate writers from all fields and writing levels. The book is written by Abrar AbuHamdia, she is a Palestinian medical laboratory s...

Toolkit:Peer review the nuts and bolts: A guide for early career researchers

By | Sep. 23, 2021
... is published. Researchers in the same field scrutinise research papers for validity, significance and originality to help editors assess whether research papers should be published in their journal. ...

Topics: Peer reviewing and editing

Article:Samples of Formatted References for Authors of Journal Articles

By | Apr. 21, 2020
... offers guidance to authors in its publication Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (ICMJE Recommendations), which was formerly the...

Topics: Academic writing and style

Article:Peer Review - the nuts and bolts

By | Sep. 16, 2019
This is a nuts and bolts guide to peer review for early career researchers written by members of the VoYS network. Using a collection of concerns raised by their peers, the VoYS writing team set off t...

Topics: Peer reviewing and editing, Scientific writing

Book:"The Pathway to Publishing: A Guide to Quantitative Writing in the Health Sciences"

By | Nov. 26, 2016
Contains many examples of errors and alternative, better options. Errors are grouped in the following categories: General research and writing practices Content of quantitative papers Mechanics of wr...

Topics: Peer reviewing and editing, Oral and poster presentations, The publishing process, Scientific writing, Academic writing and style

Web resource:Publons

By | Sep. 26, 2016
Publons allows peer reviewers to track, verify and showcase their peer review contributions across the world's journals.

Topics: Peer reviewing and editing

Presentation:2016 Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jun. 25, 2016
... your teaching. Contents (Note: To access this material, please scroll beyond this day-by-day list and click on the items that you want.) Syllabus Slides: Day 1 (Main Topics: Deciding When and Where ...