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27 Oct 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Surviving academia as an early career researcher: an unreliable guide

Posted by Rebecca Wild | Categories: Academia, Career paths, Data, Funding, Multimedia, PhD, Postdoc, Postgraduate, Relationships, Research

Surviving academia as an early career researcher: an unreliable guide

In today’s cut-throat world of grants and publications, being an early career researcher (ECR) can feel more than a little daunting. As an ECR myself, I can’t guarantee that this will help you make it to the other side unscathed. But I’m still here, and if you’re reading this, you probably are too. Outlined below are the things I’ve learnt during the ups and downs of post-PhD life.  Read more

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  • networking
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  • paper
  • read
  • results
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19 Jun 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Ask not what you can do for open data; ask what open data can do for you

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Blog, Collaboration, Communication, Data, Open access, Publishing, Research, Technology

Ask not what you can do for open data; ask what open data can do for you

It has been shown that research articles receive more citations when they have their underlying data openly linked to them. With this in mind, it’s time to consider not just the ideological reasons for making research data open, but the selfish benefits of openly sharing data that all researchers can (and should) be taking advantage of.  Read more

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27 Jan 2017 | 13:00 GMT

Postdocs and early-career researchers: be more than a name on a website

Posted by David Payne | Categories: Academia, Postdoc, Research

Postdocs and early-career researchers: be more than a name on a website

After a few months working as an associate editor at Nature Photonics, chief editor Oliver Graydon asked Gaia Donati if the role was what she had imagined it to be. She answered that in most aspects it had, with one significant exception: she hadn’t realised that finding referees to assess submitted manuscripts would be such a daunting task. Here, Gaia urges peer reviewers to make things easier by setting up a personal web page outlining their research experience and interests.  Read more

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12 Jan 2017 | 17:00 GMT

Omnity opens multilingual semantic searches up to academia

Posted by Jeffrey Perkel | Categories: Technology

When preparing a grant or publication, where can you turn for new ideas? You can bounce ideas off colleagues, search PubMed and Web of Science for related literature, and maybe take a trip down Google lane. But it’s difficult to get outside one’s particular area of expertise — to mine the opportunities at cross-disciplinary boundaries  unless you know what you’re looking for. The developers of a new document search engine hope to make such cognitive leaps easier, finds Jeff Perkel.  Read more

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02 Jan 2017 | 13:00 GMT

The way to success in science

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #ScientistOnTheMove, Academia, Blog, Careers articles, Communication, Competition, Mobility, Perspectives, Relationships, Research

The way to success in science

A degree in science is just one stepping stone on a long path with varied exits, curves and about-turns. Choosing wisely is not always an easy task, but there’s no right way to success: there’s a whole lot out there to choose from.  Read more

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16 Dec 2016 | 13:00 GMT

Making headlines: Choosing the best title for your paper

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Publishing, Report, Research

Making headlines: Choosing the best title for your paper

Writing up a manuscript for publication is a multi-faceted process. You’ve finished the literature review, detailed your methods, discussed your findings and formatted your figures. Now, the only thing left is to come up with the title.  Read more

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31 Oct 2016 | 12:00 GMT

Why should we work so hard to make our work reproducible?

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Career paths, Collaboration, Communication, Data, In the news, Industry, Publishing, Report, Research

Why should we work so hard to make our work reproducible?

The call for reproducibility has never been stronger in the history of science. Since two major pharmaceutical companies, Amgen and Bayer, reported in 2011/12 that their scientists were unable to replicate 80-90% of the findings in landmark papers, scientific news outlets have caught up on the issue. Their reports have catalyzed conversations among stakeholders (policy makers, funding agencies and scientists) to improve reproducibility in science.  Read more

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30 Aug 2016 | 15:00 GMT

What do you dislike about your job?

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: #NJCESanFrancisco, Academia, Ask the expert, Career paths, Faculty, Multimedia, People Management, Research, Tenure, US

We ask academics at the Naturejobs career expo, San Francisco, what they dislike about their jobs.  Read more

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19 Aug 2016 | 12:00 GMT

How not to respond to reviewers: Eight simple tips

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Ask the expert, Collaboration, CV, Publishing, Report, Research

Flickr/AJ Cann, CC BY-SA

This piece was republished from Sophie Lewis’ blog.  Read more

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01 Aug 2016 | 13:00 GMT

Five tips to overcome authorship conflict

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Blog, Collaboration, Communication, Faculty, Mobility, People Management, Perspectives, Podcast, Publishing, Relationships, Report, Research

Five tips to overcome authorship conflict

When I started my first year of graduate school, I was referred to a post-doc in my lab by some fellow students. Eager to start my research, I expressed interest in the project without thinking through the reasons behind my colleagues’ reluctance to join the post-doc.  Read more

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