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- How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang
- Carrying out qualitative research under lockdown – Practical and ethical considerations
- How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
- How an audience-first approach to social media increases engagement with your research
- Putting the brakes on professional nomadism? Prospects for long-distance commuting in a post-pandemic world.
- The ResearchGate Score: a good example of a bad metric
- What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)?
- Using Twitter as a data source: an overview of social media research tools (2019)
- How to design an award-winning conference poster
- Despite concerns, COVID-19 shows how social media has become an essential tool in the democratisation of knowledge
- Who, What, Where, When, Why: Using the 5 Ws to communicate your research
- What is the difference between an impact and an outcome? Impact is the longer term effect of an outcome.
- Book Review: Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist by Alexander Zevin
- It’s Time to Get Serious About Research Fraud
- Is public accountability possible in algorithmic policymaking? The case for a public watchdog
- Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: Which is best for me?
- How to write a killer conference abstract: The first step towards an engaging presentation.
- 10 Chrome extensions to help manage references, notes, citations and capture information.
- STEMM in Parliament: what oral history tells us about MPs and science
- A PhD by publication is a great way to build your academic profile, but be mindful of its challenges
