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

By | Aug. 16, 2023

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

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

By | Sep. 23, 2021
... 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. Peer Review: The Nuts and ...

Topics: Peer reviewing and editing

Article:Peer Review - the nuts and bolts

By | Sep. 16, 2019
...f concerns raised by their peers, the VoYS writing team set off to interview scientists, journal editors, grant bodies’ representatives, patient group workers and journalists in the UK and around the ...

Topics: Peer reviewing and editing, Scientific writing

Web resource:Publons

By | Sep. 26, 2016

Topics: Peer reviewing and editing

"Editing Your Writing"

By | Feb. 06, 2016
Main sections: "Editing for content" "Editing for organisation and structure: paragraphs" "Editing for expression" "Editing for academic style" "Editing for formatting" Also includes includes a chec...

Topics: Peer reviewing and editing

Web resource:A Short Guide to Ethical Editing for New Editors, Version 2

By | Jan. 15, 2016
...ssment of journal when you take over Relations with the outgoing editor Relations with the other editors/editorial board Relations with authors Transparency The submission system Relationship with rev...

Topics: Peer reviewing and editing

Article:"Editing and Proofreading Your Own Work"

By | Dec. 30, 2015
This article provides guidance on editing and proofreading one's own writing, especially on medical topics. A general checklist plus checklists for editing scientific papers, grant proposals, and feat...

Topics: Peer reviewing and editing, Academic writing and style