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27 Jun 2016 | 17:00 GMT

A day in the life of a Scientific Reports manuscript assistant

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Career paths, Careers articles, Collaboration, Communication, Data, Mobility, Open access, Perspectives, Publishing, Research

A day in the life of a Scientific Reports manuscript assistant

Scientific Reports is a rapidly growing online open access journal that publishes research from all areas of the natural and clinical sciences. As one of over twenty manuscript assistants at the journal, one of my main tasks is to quality check author submissions in our online manuscript tracking system before they’re sent to our editorial board and, potentially, to peer review.  Read more

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  • assistant
  • biochemistry
  • Data
  • guest contributor
  • how does publishing work?
  • journal
  • manuscript editing
  • open access
  • publishing
  • quality check
  • research outside academia
  • royal university of holloway
  • science
  • science outside academia
  • Scientific Data
  • William Coleman

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02 Jun 2016 | 08:00 GMT

The great outdoors

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Blog, Career paths, Careers articles, Collaboration, Faculty, Mobility, People Management, PhD, Postdoc, Postgraduate, Relationships, Research, Uncategorized

The great outdoors

…but journeying afar for days or weeks, though crucial for your research programme, can also mean a lot of prep work, hassle and unforeseen glitches.  Read more

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  • career
  • careers
  • faculty
  • field
  • fieldwork
  • mobility
  • research
  • science
  • Scientific Data

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23 May 2016 | 17:30 GMT

So you want to be a data scientist (again)?

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Ask the expert, Blog, Business, Data, Industry, Mobility, Perspectives, Technology

So you want to be a data scientist (again)?

Guest contributor Daniel Harris of SoftwareAdvice.com  … Read more

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  • Academia to Industry
  • Ask the expert
  • big data
  • career paths
  • careers advice
  • computing
  • Daniel Harris
  • Data
  • data science
  • data tech
  • guest contributor
  • science
  • Scientific Data
  • social media
  • technology
  • Transferable skills

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06 Jan 2016 | 12:00 GMT

Five top tips for getting your paper noticed

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Communication, Faculty, Publishing, Research, Social media

Five top tips for getting your paper noticed

Guest contributor Mark Lorch  … Read more

Tags:

  • academia
  • altmetrics
  • citations
  • communication
  • engagement
  • guest contributor
  • impact
  • Mark Lorch
  • research
  • science communication
  • Scientific Data
  • social media

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25 Nov 2015 | 12:00 GMT

#Scidata15: Make the most of your research: Publish better data

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Data

#Scidata15: Make the most of your research: Publish better data

Guest contributor Lakshini Mendis  … Read more

Tags:

  • 2015
  • big data
  • data sharing
  • guest contributor
  • Lakshini Mendis
  • open science
  • Publishing Better Science Through Better Data
  • Scientific Data

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18 Nov 2015 | 12:00 GMT

#Scidata15: Big data: Challenges create opportunities

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Data

#Scidata15: Big data: Challenges create opportunities

Guest contributor Daniela Quaglia  … Read more

Tags:

  • big data
  • bioinformatics
  • biology
  • Daniela Quaglia
  • guest contributor
  • Nature
  • Publishing Better Science Through Better Data
  • Scientific Data

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12 Nov 2015 | 12:00 GMT

#SciData15: Get more out of your research data

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Data

Dr Sam Payne talking about how everything is stored on GitHub

Guest contributor Rehma Chandaria  … Read more

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  • #scidata15
  • Active Data Biology
  • EVA
  • GitHub
  • guest contributor
  • Mineotaur
  • Open Knowledge
  • Open Trials
  • Publishing Better Science Through Better Data
  • Rehma Chandaria
  • Scientific Data
  • Software Carpentry
  • Software Sustainability Institute

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22 Oct 2015 | 16:00 GMT

Data sharing: Contribute to the community

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Communication, Data

Data sharing: Contribute to the community

Guest contributor Caroline Weight  … Read more

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  • #scidata15
  • big data
  • Caroline Weight
  • guest contributor
  • open access
  • open data
  • open science
  • Scientific Data

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21 Oct 2015 | 16:00 GMT

Data sharing: Fewer experiments, more knowledge

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Competition, Data

Data sharing: Fewer experiments, more knowledge

Guest contributor Ana Sofia Figueiredo  … Read more

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  • 2015
  • Ana Sofia Figueiredo
  • big data
  • biology
  • guest contributor
  • mathematics
  • modelling
  • postdoc
  • Scientific Data
  • writing competition

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19 Oct 2015 | 12:00 GMT

Big data: Automation and collaboration

Posted by Julie Gould | Categories: Competition, Data

Big data: Automation and collaboration

Guest contributor Daniela Quaglia  … Read more

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  • big data
  • Citizen Science
  • collaboration
  • communication
  • Daniela Quaglia
  • guest contributor
  • public engagement
  • Scientific Data
  • Zooniverse

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