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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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