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Why you need Expert help to turn your dissertation into a book

3 years and 1 month ago in Guest blogs

Guest blog by Glenna Jenkins, freelance (book) editor, active on Peerwith. In her previous post, Glenna shared five good reasons to turn your dissertation into a book. Today, she writes about getting Expert help. Once your dissertation begins taking on new forms and ideas in your head, then chances are it wants to become a … Read the full story

Five reasons to turn your dissertation into a book

3 years and 2 months ago in Guest blogs

Guest blog by Glenna Jenkins, freelance (book) editor, active on Peerwith. You have completed your dissertation, produced original research, and made an important contribution to your field. Now you want to turn your dissertation into a book. And why wouldn’t you after all those years of hard work?! Turning a dissertation into an academic book … Read the full story

“Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera…”

3 years and 4 months ago in Guest blogs

In the musical The King and I, the King of Siam often underlines his importance by finishing his proclamations with the above expression. While meant in the musical to be comical, the expression “etcetera” can be overused in formal and academic English writing. “Etcetera” comes from the Latin words et cetera, meaning “and the rest.” … Read the full story

Time to move from debating the transparency of Open Access publishing costs to the transparency of value and its price

3 years and 4 months ago in Business updates, Guest blogs

The grander Plan S debate, as well as large publisher deals (both those signed and those non-renewed by consortia) this year, brings to the surface the over-arching desire for transparency around Open Access publishing costs for journal articles. The real challenge in this desire, I believe and also often brought up in Twitter threads, is … Read the full story

Academic and Scientific – a Guest Blog by James Hurst

3 years and 8 months ago in Guest blogs

An issue that often comes up when I edit the work of non-English speakers is the meaning of the English word “scientific”. For many non-English speakers, it means a rigorous, rational approach to an issue based on evidence. However, for English speakers, it has narrower connotations of white-coated people in laboratories full of test tubes … Read the full story

 Alas, “Publish or perish…”  – A Guest Blog by Josh Pennington

3 years and 9 months ago in Guest blogs

For most fledgling academics, these are frightening words to hear from a dissertation adviser, departmental colleague, and *especially* a chair. However, until we secure the ever-elusive tenure-track position, we will continually push that Sisyphean boulder of research expectations up an increasingly steeper and narrower slope. Most of us are passionate about our research and believe … Read the full story

Guest blog: why writing a grant application is much more complicated than writing a research paper

3 years and 9 months ago in Guest blogs

Writing a research paper can seem like a complex process, but at its most basic it is relatively straightforward. You explain what you did, and why, so the reviewers are convinced that your study was sound, and your findings and conclusions are important and robust. Writing a grant application is much more complicated, and an exciting … Read the full story

Effective paraphrasing fixes plagiarism problems

3 years and 9 months ago in Guest blogs

Guest blog by BA Essam. Attempting to use the ideas, words, or work of another person, without giving them due credit, is considered extremely unethical and is termed plagiarism. Plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, are one of the first things a journal editorial team will check for once you submit a paper. These checks are automated, resulting … Read the full story

What to expect when interacting with an expert in data and statistics? – Guest Blog by Tomoe Gusberti

3 years and 9 months ago in Guest blogs

Peerwith connects researchers with with peers who are experts in researcher services. These service go well beyond language and editing. There are also experts on Peerwith that provide services in for example Data and statistics. Today we introduce you to Tomoe Gusberti, expert in that field. We asked Tomoe to express her perceptions on the … Read the full story

Data and statistics on Peerwith, research design and beyond – Guest Blog by Tomoe Gusberti

3 years and 9 months ago in Guest blogs

Peerwith connects researchers with with peers who are experts in researcher services. These service go well beyond language and editing. There are also experts on Peerwith that provide services in for example Data and statistics. Today we introduce you to Tomoe Gusberti, expert in that field. We asked Tomoe to express her perceptions on the … Read the full story
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