Writing hacks – keep your summer writing on track
I am on twitter. I follow another account, @AcademicsSay. Recently, there was a post by @AcademicsSay …. that feeling when you save all your writing for the summer and don't …
I am on twitter. I follow another account, @AcademicsSay. Recently, there was a post by @AcademicsSay …. that feeling when you save all your writing for the summer and don't …
There are many reputable publishers and journals for peer-reviewed manuscripts, many of which offer open access publishing options (what is open access?). There are also many questionable journals out there (so-called “predatory …
The American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), European Medical Writers Association (EMWA), and International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) today released a Joint Position Statement on the Role of Professional …
I’ve reached a point in my career as a where I’m being asked to dispense advice to other medical writers (wow, time flies). After participating in a recent career panel …
Next week, I will be a panelist on the Versatile PhD forum for a discussion on “PhD Careers in Medical Writing”. The discussion is free and open to all. I, …
Ah, times have changed. An article in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals the practices that led to the 1967 publication of a 2-part literature review on “Dietary Fats, Carbohydrates and Atherosclerotic …
Recently, an investigator came to me frustrated with the quality of scientific writing that was being produced by his laboratory members. At least a few times a year, I hear …
In the last few months, a variety of new and updated resources on scientific publication were released. Some of the resources are geared more toward authors and researchers, while others …
Medical writers assist authors with writing, editing, and searching the literature when preparing scientific manuscripts. For authors who are under a time crunch to publish their data, medical writing support …
With all the money invested in obtaining research funding, universities should invest more in the end product of that research, namely the publications. That is the argument made by the …