Resource Library
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.
Article:"Errors in Descriptive Statistics and in Interpreting Probability Values"
By Tom Lang. From the series "Common Statistical Errors Even YOU Can Find", published in the AMWA [American Medical Writers Association] Journal.
Article:"Errors in Multivariate Analyses and in Interpreting Differences between Groups"
By Tom Lang.
Article:"Errors in Data Displays"
By Tom Lang.
Article:Guía Rápida para Mentores
Article:Acuerdo de Aprendizaje por Mentoría de AuthorAID
Acuerdo de Aprendizaje para las Relaciones Mentor-Tutorado
Article:"A Brief Guide to Designing Effective Figures for the Scientific Paper"
A short article presenting advice on designing figures (such as diagrams and graphs). Authored by a scientist and 2 design specialists. Appeared in 2011 in the journal Advanced Materials. Much of the advice applies to figures not only in the sciences but also in other fields. Likewise, much of the advice also applies to figures in other forms of communication, such as presentations.
Article:"How to Be a Bad Referee?!"
Helps researchers learn to be good referees (peer reviewers) by reading what bad referees do. By Mohammad Sal Moslehian, a mathematics professor at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. (Please note that because different journals have somewhat different requirements for peer reviews, reviewers also must read the instructions from the journal.)
Article:"Twelve Tips for Reviewers"
By Henry L. Roediger III, a psychology professor at Washington University in St. Louis, USA.