PLoS One and Stupid CV Tricks
Rebecca Helton, MA
More is better, yes, when it comes to publications. But beyond that, that you should have some idea of the expectations for your field. Especially when it comes to first-author …
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Expectations for Trainee Publication Output
Rebecca Helton, MA
A question arrived about publication expectations for trainees at the blog mailbox recently. “I was wondering if you would consider a blog post and perhaps encouraging discussion on a related …
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Writing Environments
The Edge for Scholars
Writing is an inherently social activity — we write for others — that we most often undertake in solitude. This is one of writing’s great contradictions. We write for an audience, …
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Random Reflections on Getting Published
The Edge for Scholars
Kirsten Bell, associate editor for Critical Public Health, spills the beans on what it takes to get published, including strategic submission dates, how to challenge an editorial decision, and doing …
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Face It: Your Decks Will Never Be Cleared
Rebecca Helton, MA
One of the most widespread myths in academic writing is that you can, and should, try to “clear the decks”—that is, finish all of your other obligations before you …
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Who Are You Really Talking To?
The Edge for Scholars
According to Morgan Giddings, creator of popular grant-writing resources and courses, you misunderstand the level at which you need to appeal to reviewers at study section. While you may think …
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Making Lemonade: A Retraction Watch Interview
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Retraction. Its a word that for many scientists is synonymous with phrases like ‘failure’, ‘dishonesty’, and ‘career ending’. A recent Retraction Watch features an interview with Pamela Roland, a Professor …
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I'm the Problem: My Generation's Addiction to Bibliometrics
The Edge for Scholars
Publication-based measures of scientific impact provide little of value to the research community. Despite assertions that bibliometrics can improve the evaluation of scientists and their establishments, we lack a qualitative …
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Why Your Favorite Journals Need to Put a Dog in the Ethics Fight*
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
There is nothing an journal editor loves more than seeing a late night email from my best friend, Paul Brookes, in their mailbox. Paul is a genius. Well, technically he’…
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Buckle Your Seatbelts, Motherf*$%ers...This is How You Start a Grant
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
Fighty Squirrel’s ninja-in-training Amy Palubinsky sent me this fabulous bit of prose she found on the interwebs. I absolutely believe all specific aims pages should be at least this …
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