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- Carrying out qualitative research under lockdown – Practical and ethical considerations
- Behavioural science and the response to COVID-19: a missed opportunity?
- For science communication to be effective it should be evidence based
- The ResearchGate Score: a good example of a bad metric
- How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
- Evidence for Policy in the Wake of COVID-19: Short – Medium – Long Term Impacts
- There is no black and white definition of predatory publishing
- 10 Ways scientists can better engage with decision makers
- The commercial model of academic publishing underscoring Plan S weakens the existing open access ecosystem in Latin America
- What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)?
- A librarian perspective on Sci-Hub: the true solution to the scholarly communication crisis is in the hands of the academic community, not librarians
- How to design an award-winning conference poster
- Using Twitter as a data source: an overview of social media research tools (2019)
- Book Review: Political English: Language and the Decay of Politics by Thomas Docherty
- What is the difference between an impact and an outcome? Impact is the longer term effect of an outcome.
- 10 Chrome extensions to help manage references, notes, citations and capture information.
- How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang
- Who, What, Where, When, Why: Using the 5 Ws to communicate your research
- How to write a killer conference abstract: The first step towards an engaging presentation.
- Locked down not locked out – Assessing the digital response of museums to COVID-19
