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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

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: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

"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

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