Don’t become their prey
How authors can spot predatory journals ICMJE committee members recently published an editorial about how to recognize and avoid predatory or ‘pseudo’ scientific journals, co-hosted in the Annals of Internal …
Parenting your Peer Reviewers
Put on your parenting hat next time you’re responding to peer review feedback for a scientific manuscript, and see if you get results!
Holiday Wish List for Medical Communications
New ideas for medical communications, and a wish list for the office from AIM Biomedical.
Write a Manuscript from a Grant Application
Agnella and Meg Bouvier discuss grant applications vs. manuscripts on a livestream.
10 Tips for Scientific Publications
Most researchers are familiar with the “IMRaD” format for scientific publications (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion). Though this is the order in which the sections usually appear in print, you …
Medical Writers Add Value
Want data to support hiring a medical writer? Peer-reviewed articles receiving medical writing support had better adherence to data reporting guidelines and were judged by reviewers to have higher-quality written …
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 …
New scientific publication resources
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 …
Peer review: who, why, and how
Whether you are a veteran researcher or just beginning your academic career, you are probably familiar with the concept of peer review. In an ideal world, peer reviewers would politely …