Tips On Effective Use Of Tables And Figures In Research Papers
Several studies, journal guidelines, and discourses on scientific writing affirm the critical role that tables, figures, and graphs (or display items) play in enhancing the quality of manuscripts. Scientific tables and graphs can be utilized to represent sizeable numerical or statistical data in a time- and space-effective manner. Readers are often drawn towards tables and figures, because […]
Mental Health In Academia: What About Faculty?
Being a faculty member in a university can be one of the most fulfilling career paths, but it has also become one of the most stressful jobs.
How To Write The Best Abstract Of Any Research Paper (And How Not To)
Your abstract decides the quality of your research paper and if it’s worth publishing. Journal editors (and readers) read your abstract first, and they usually make a decision to consider publishing it. Even after the work is published, the first thing your target audience reads is the abstract. Hence, you should know how to write […]
10 Tried And Tested Time Management Tools For Academics
Pursuing research is a big thing, and it includes what feels like endless hours of project work, massive reading, deadlines, and reputation in the field. Keeping up with these tasks often feels easier with team members that can hold you accountable, but the world of research is often highly individualized and independent. What tools are […]
5 Scientists Killing It On Social Media
Here at Audemic we love thinking up new ways to bring research to a wider audience – and it seems we’re not alone! All over the world academic researchers are using video, audio and social media to share their work far and wide, putting passion and personality into it every step of the way. Today we focus […]
5 Ways to Take Your Research Communication to the Next Level
Let’s face it – academia is not what it was twenty years ago. Notions of closeted researchers locked away in the lab or the library, toiling endlessly at their latest theories, have clashed spectacularly with a modern world more concerned with openness and interconnectivity than at any point in history. Academics find themselves in an unusual […]
4 Amazing Animal Secrets Science Wants to Unlock
From the darkest depths of the ocean to the lustrous fringes of the rainforest, from cloud-topped mountain peaks to the windswept dunes of the desert, have you ever stopped to think about the wondrous animals who call these places home? Our world is alive with creatures beautifully adapted to every possible permutation of land, sea […]
Game on: Mendeley versus Zotero
Reading research articles is the core of any researcher and writer. Managing all literature reviews in terms of their storage, retrieval for future reading and most important for their citation is key. I’m sure we agree on this. There are many reference management software but perhaps the most widely used by the academic community are […]
6 Time Management Tricks for Embattled Academics (That Actually Work) #1
Feeling under siege? Let’s face it, a seemingly endless list of responsibilities and tasks combined with irregular and fragmented schedules hardly sets academics up for a healthy relationship with time. (Thanks heavy reading lists!) So we’ve put together 6 time management practices that will help to improve your relationship with time and accomplish more of […]
6 Time Management Tricks for Embattled Academics (That Actually Work) #2
So you still haven’t lifted that siege eh? Under assault from a battery of academic demands and research responsibilities, you hunker down in the hope of surviving total time bombardment. But what’s that on the horizon? Yes, it’s us, riding in on a white horse to unburden you of your woes! Take a moment. Breathe. […]