| Communicating with your peer reviewer (part 2) | Point-by-point responses Every reviewer comment should be numbered (if they are not already) and a clear, thorough response provided for each. If you agree with … | December 17, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Publishing and Ethics | 06-publishing-and-ethics |
| What I Wish I’d Known Before I Wrote My First Clinical Protocol | by Sumudu Narayana A clinical protocol is the framework of a trial, outlining how the trial will be conducted and providing all the necessary guidelines … | December 3, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Data Handling, Effective Research Methods | 04-data-handling 03-research-methods |
| Ethical approval, informed consent, and patient data | Ethical approval An ethical approach is necessary not only in the final stage of manuscript preparation: all research must conform to set ethical standards. You … | November 26, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Publishing and Ethics | 06-publishing-and-ethics |
| The Ethics of Authorship, Acknowledgments, and Conflicts of interest | Authorship Before you submit your work to a journal you must clearly indicate the author (or authors). A journal editor will expect to know who … | November 22, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Publishing and Ethics | 06-publishing-and-ethics |
| Ethics Organizations | A number or organizations have been established to ensure that ethical guidelines are developed and being followed in research and academic publishing. Being familiar with … | November 20, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Publishing and Ethics | 06-publishing-and-ethics |
| Why you should never attempt multiple submissions or ‘salami publishing’ | Two unethical research publishing practices to avoid are multiple submissions and ‘salami publishing‘. | November 11, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Publishing and Ethics | 06-publishing-and-ethics |
| Presenting your results effectively, part 1: using tables | The display items or illustrations of a scientific research manuscript are used to present the study results and consist of tables and figures. Figures can … | November 4, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Data Handling, Presenting Your Research | 04-data-handling 09-presenting-your-research |
| Why reading is the ‘secret’ writing skill | Editors, reviewers, and other readers of your work have expectations for where they will find your information. If what they are looking for is not … | October 29, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Reading and Reviewing | 02-reading-and-reviewing |
| Promoting your research with SEO and social media | Search engine optimization Authors are encouraged include all of the most relevant words and phrases from their manuscript in their abstract, title, and keywords to … | October 19, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Promoting Your Research | 08-promoting-your-research |
| Purpose, structure, and style of the Abstract | The abstract is a short summary of your manuscript. It is extremely important that your abstract is well prepared and sufficiently represents your paper, because the abstract is often the … | October 10, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Research Writing | 05-research-writing |
| The No-Pressure, No-Expectations Approach to Attending Scientific Conferences | Science is in fact a social profession. Our fellow scientists are our collaborators, our competitors, our supervisors and our reviewers, and Such conferences can also … | October 3, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Presenting Your Research | 09-presenting-your-research |
| How much reading should you do? | To identify good research questions, you need to know what questions have already been asked and how other researchers have tried to answer them. | September 18, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Reading and Reviewing | 02-reading-and-reviewing |
| Strategies for reading | Deciding which academic articles to read can feel like an intimidating task, particularly if your research interests are in a well-established field. A keyword search in online databases such as … | September 10, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Reading and Reviewing | 02-reading-and-reviewing |
| Studying Medicine Abroad in English When English Isn’t Your First Language | Studying medicine is exceptionally challenging. Studying medicine abroad can be even more challenging. Studying medicine abroad in English when it’s not your first language adds another barrier. | August 12, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | General, Preparation and Careers | 00-general 01-research-careers |
| How existing studies can help you build a good research question | Building on existing studies Editors and reviewers will assess how your study fits in with the current literature. They will also check: if your research … | July 24, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Reading and Reviewing | 02-reading-and-reviewing |
| Extraordinary Developments Raise Bioethical Issues in Life Science Research | Over the past decade we have witnessed astonishing breakthroughs. However with these phenomenal discoveries also come gravely serious ethical questions. | July 10, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Publishing and Ethics | 06-publishing-and-ethics |
| Writing point: Study Design Limitations in Physical Science | by Clement Ng, PhD In the physical sciences, and particularly fundamental research, describing the technical benefits of your study is a challenge in and of … | June 10, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Publishing and Ethics, Research Writing | 06-publishing-and-ethics 05-research-writing |
| Keywords and Indexing: helping readers find your article | Keywords are an important element in the discoverability and visibility of your paper. Therefore, you should choose your keywords carefully to increase your paper’s retrieval … | June 5, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Promoting Your Research | 08-promoting-your-research |
| Evaluating the literature and finding gaps in the knowledge | A thorough literature review is vital before you start a project. The main goal of a literature review is to determine what research has been conducted, how it was conducted, … | May 17, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Reading and Reviewing | 02-reading-and-reviewing |
| Journal guidelines and ethical requirements | Journal requirements may vary regarding whether appropriate institutional review board approval and patient consent needs to be mentioned in the article text or in a … | May 2, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Publishing and Ethics | 06-publishing-and-ethics |
| Abstracts and Keywords | First to be read, last to be written: Your paper’s abstract is critical because many researchers and journal editors will read only that part. | April 17, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Promoting Your Research | 08-promoting-your-research |
| How to Write About Your Study Limitations Without Limiting Your Impact | When writing manuscripts for publication, there are many important details that need to be included… | April 2, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Promoting Your Research, Research Writing | 08-promoting-your-research 05-research-writing |
| Choose the Journal that is Right for You | Where to send your manuscript? Selection of an appropriate journal and publication type is critical: get it right and you instantly increase your chances of … | March 2, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Promoting Your Research, Publishing and Ethics | 08-promoting-your-research 06-publishing-and-ethics |
| Journal Resubmission: Structure of a response letter | Resubmission In general, journals give about 1 month for you to revise a manuscript because of a presentation or language problem and about 3 months … | February 20, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Publishing and Ethics | 06-publishing-and-ethics |
| Understanding the Limits of Peer Review | One of the defining features of academic publishing – and the one that gives it its credibility – is peer review. Few will dispute the … | February 2, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Reading and Reviewing | 02-reading-and-reviewing |
| Using literature reviews, conferences, and seminars to develop your research question | There are several resources that you can use while developing your research question. These include the current literature (such as books and journals) and academic meetings (such as conferences and … | January 11, 2019 | Edanz_Global_Team | Effective Research Methods, Reading and Reviewing | 03-research-methods 02-reading-and-reviewing |
| Powerful Benefits of Using R to Analyze Your Research Data (and a Few Limitations) | You’ve painstakingly gathered data from 569 patients; 350 out of whom were receiving an experimental treatment. Now you need to estimate the average effect of … | December 24, 2018 | Edanz_Global_Team | Data Handling | 04-data-handling |
| Starting Your Career in Clinical Research – A Clinical Trials Manager’s Top Tips | by Sumudu Narayana Careers in clinical research can be financially rewarding and offer solid stability in the job market. An Indeed.com found the average salary for clinical … | November 14, 2018 | Edanz_Global_Team | Effective Research Methods, Preparation and Careers | 03-research-methods 01-research-careers |
| How to Build Your Publication Record During Your Graduate and Doctoral Studies | by Kat Bebbington It’s a saying that pops up again and again in science. Your publication record is the measure that everyone – from colleagues … | October 20, 2018 | Edanz_Global_Team | Preparation and Careers, Promoting Your Research, Publishing and Ethics | 01-research-careers 08-promoting-your-research 06-publishing-and-ethics |
| How can a researcher get over writer’s block? | You’ve done your research and you (and perhaps your collaborators as well) are ready to put fingers to keyboard and start writing up your report. … | September 20, 2018 | Edanz_Global_Team | Preparation and Careers, Research Writing | 01-research-careers 05-research-writing |
| Up Close with Edanz Experts – Dr. Jennifer Smith | Edanz expert editors bring so much more to us than their meticulous editing skills and insight. They have a fascinating wealth of life and study … | July 12, 2017 | Edanz_Global_Team | General | 00-general |
