How to start a paper - the Introduction section
This week I devote a blogpost to one of the most important parts of a paper - its beginning. The introduction section sets the tone for our paper, and is the moment where we win or loose our readers ...
Publish a lot by collaborating a lot – an interview with Viki Reyes
In this interview I discuss with Viki her 'secrets': her work ethics, the organization of her lab and research projects, and the way she handles the publication process ...
How to promote your work
Your paper has been published. Now how do you get people to read it? Vassilis Kostakis is offering this week 7 tips for spread out the word about your work ....
How to survive the publication process as a young scholar – an Interview with Isabelle Anguelovski
Isabelle Anguelovski is an ICREA professor at my institute, ICTA, in Barcelona. Isabelle has a PhD in urban planning from M.I.T. and is recipient of a European Research Council starting grant to study how the greening of cities may cause gentrification. Isabelle is a young (and needless to say, very successful) academic at the beginning of her tenure, young enough to remember and sympathise with the grievances of PhD and post - doc researchers. We discussed about the writing and publishing process, their nice and not so nice moments...
My paper was rejected – what do I do now?
We've all been there. We submitted our hard-worked paper and one day we receive a polite email where the Editor tells us that our paper has been rejected. What's next? In this post I cent my two cents of wisdom on how to deal with a rejection...
How to reply to reviewers
This week I join forces with Vassilis Kostakis, a professor of P2P governance at Tallinn University and Faculty Associate at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center, to share with you some simple tips on how to respond to reviewers based on our experience...
How to Edit a Special Issue
A Special Issue is, like an edited book, a collection of articles on the same theme published together and curated by one or more editors. Unlike a book, a special issue is published in a scientific journal...
Equity in Author Order
The order of authors on a published scholarly article matters in academia: the first author gets the most credit for the study. As a collaborative feminist science and technology lab, CLEAR works to include equity and justice in everything they do, from building technology to deciding how to credit our lab members for their work...
Predatory Journals: How to Avoid the Dark Side of Academic Publishing
If you are a student, you may have received a random email inviting you to submit an article to a journal you’ve never heard of....
The journal asks me to suggest a reviewer for my paper, whom do I propose?
Not all journals ask you to suggest reviewers, but many do. Why?....
