The 'Edanz 300' Blog
News and tips from our global network of 300+ research experts
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 | How to select an open access journal | Picking a good journal to target with a research article is one of the most common issues researchers face. How can you select? There are literally thousands of journals out there to choose from? Which is going to be best … | April 15, 2021 | Publishing and Ethics | 06-publishing-and-ethics |
 | How to structure an effective CV to ensure you are on the top of the pile! | We all need an effective and eye-catching CV that ensures we stand out at the top of the pile. The question is: How to grab people’s attention and ensure you have the best possible chance of winning an interview for … | April 14, 2021 | Preparation and Careers | 01-research-careers |
 | How to get maximum impact with minimum time and energy | How can you write up your next research paper to ensure maximum impact, while at the same time saving time and energy? We went though the pain and made lots of mistakes so you don’t have to! | April 13, 2021 | Research Writing, Promoting Your Research | 05-research-writing 08-promoting-your-research |
 | Are you maximizing your post-publication output? | Research ‘impact’ is best visualised as academic impact plus the difference your work makes to the lives of ordinary people (think: socioeconomic impact). The first of these variables (academic impact) is much easier to measure (citations, downloads, reads) but the … | April 12, 2021 | General | 00-general |
 | How long should I wait for my paper to come back from peer review? | In today’s “Friday’s FAQs”, Dr. Gareth Dyke explains what to do (and NOT to do) when waiting to hear back from the journal about your submission. | April 9, 2021 | General | 00-general |
 | FOUR questions every ABSTRACT should ANSWER! | Dr. Gareth Dyke explains the easy, effective way to write the abstract for your paper — just by writing short answers to FOUR simple questions. | April 6, 2021 | General | 00-general |
 | Dr. Gareth Dyke joins the Edanz Learning team! | Meet Gareth, palaeontologist and author of more than 280 peer-reviewed articles in top journals such as Nature and Science. Dr. Dyke manages the Taylor & Francis journal Historical Biology as Editor-in-Chief. Here he briefly introduces himself as Edanz’s newest team … | April 5, 2021 | General | 00-general |
 | When you post the draft of your scientific manuscript publicly before it is accepted by a journal, your draft is called a preprint. There are several websites called preprint servers that allow researchers to post an unpublished manuscript so that … | October 2, 2020 | Preparation and Careers, Publishing and Ethics | 01-research-careers 06-publishing-and-ethics | |
 | FIVE online presentation mistakes to avoid! | Post-COVID-19, our professional presentations have moved increasingly (and often suddenly) online. It’s time for a skills check! Are you making any of these five common online presentation mistakes? | September 21, 2020 | Presenting Your Research, General | 09-presenting-your-research 00-general |
 | Welcome to the EQUATOR! Guidelines for Good Research in Health Science | We have all heard and read this many times: “You must follow reporting guidelines when writing and publishing your research.” Sure… but which reporting guidelines do I follow? CONSORT, STROBE, CARE, ARRIVE, MOOSE, PRISMA, SPIRIT, STARD, AGREE, CHEERS… | September 7, 2020 | Preparation and Careers, Effective Research Methods | 01-research-careers 03-research-methods |
 | Hook That Journal Editor! | You need a great cover letter to make a strong first impression on the editor. This free interactive PDF shows you how to highlight the strengths of your submission. | August 5, 2020 | Promoting Your Research | 08-promoting-your-research |
 | Two examples of systematic reviews with rich media | “Efficacy and safety of dual SGLT 1/2 inhibitor sotagliflozin in type 1 diabetes: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials” + “Diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for covid-19: systematic review and meta-analysis” | July 27, 2020 | Data Handling, Promoting Your Research | 04-data-handling 08-promoting-your-research |
 | Can YOU ride the big wave of a PRISMA FLOW DIAGRAM? | The flow diagram (also called flowchart or flow chart) is typically the first figure in the results section of your systematic review. | June 30, 2020 | Reading and Reviewing, Data Handling | 02-reading-and-reviewing 04-data-handling |
 | Finding your way through a FOREST PLOT | The forest plot is a figure that appears in the Results section of a systematic literature review report. It is a graphic representation of the findings of multiple studies that investigated the same scientific question and measured the same outcome. | June 16, 2020 | Effective Research Methods, Data Handling | 03-research-methods 04-data-handling |
 | The Systematic Review: It Came from Existing Studies! | The systematic review is structured like an original research study. Here are the basic parts you’ll need to build your own! | June 9, 2020 | Reading and Reviewing, Research Writing | 02-reading-and-reviewing 05-research-writing |
 | What is ‘risk of bias’ in a systematic review? | The last time you read a systematic literature review, you may have seen a graph that looked like traffic lights. The “traffic lights” graph in … | May 29, 2020 | Reading and Reviewing, Effective Research Methods, Data Handling | 02-reading-and-reviewing 03-research-methods 04-data-handling |
 | Use a “V”-shaped introduction to capture readers’ attention | Millions of research articles are written every year in thousands of journals. Your reader deserves to know why you decided to add yet another article. … | May 10, 2020 | Research Writing | 05-research-writing |
 | Put together the P.I.E.C.E.S. of your systematic review | Performing and publishing an amazing SLR can boost your career. Terrific! But how do you get started? | April 27, 2020 | Preparation and Careers, Effective Research Methods | 01-research-careers 03-research-methods |
 | Five proven ways to strengthen your clinical trial protocol synopsis | Follow these five tips to write a great clinical trial synopsis. | April 17, 2020 | Effective Research Methods, Research Writing | 03-research-methods 05-research-writing |
 | Systematic Review QUICK QUIZ! (Feb 26 2020) | Li et al., (2019) performed a meta-analysis of clinical outcomes of nicorandil administration at the time of PCI in patients with STEMI. The primary endpoint was MACE (short-term and long-term); the secondary endpoint was no-reflow phenomenon. | February 26, 2020 | Reading and Reviewing, Effective Research Methods | 02-reading-and-reviewing 03-research-methods |
 | Tools for measuring the success of your article | You have worked hard to plan, implement, and publish your research. Now what? How do you know what impact your research is making on your … | February 12, 2020 | Promoting Your Research | 08-promoting-your-research |
 | 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 … | January 12, 2020 | Publishing and Ethics | 06-publishing-and-ethics |
 | 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 | 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 | Effective Research Methods, Data Handling | 03-research-methods 04-data-handling |
 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 only part of paper that will be read. | October 10, 2019 | 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 | 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 | 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 EconLit, PsycInfo, PubMed, SCOPUS, and Web of Science may yield … | September 10, 2019 | 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 | Preparation and Careers, General | 01-research-careers 00-general |
 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Research Writing, Publishing and Ethics | 05-research-writing 06-publishing-and-ethics |
 | 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 | 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, and what knowledge gaps still exist. | May 17, 2019 | Reading and Reviewing | 02-reading-and-reviewing |
 | 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 | 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 | Research Writing, Promoting Your Research | 05-research-writing 08-promoting-your-research |
 | 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 | Publishing and Ethics, Promoting Your Research | 06-publishing-and-ethics 08-promoting-your-research |
 | 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 | 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 | 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 seminars). | January 11, 2019 | Reading and Reviewing, Effective Research Methods | 02-reading-and-reviewing 03-research-methods |
 | 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 | 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 | Preparation and Careers, Effective Research Methods | 01-research-careers 03-research-methods |
 | 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 | Preparation and Careers, Publishing and Ethics, Promoting Your Research | 01-research-careers 06-publishing-and-ethics 08-promoting-your-research |
 | 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 | 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 | General | 00-general |