Directive Publications | Open Access Journals·Oct 14How to Respond to Reviewer Comments: A Point-by-Point TemplateHow to structure your response letter, answer every comment, disagree without arguing and make the editor’s job easy
Jesse Ebong·Sep 30Why ORCID Matters Before Your First Research PaperA student’s view of keeping your name connected to your work.
Asasira Morris·Sep 23Finetunning the Research Proposal: Peer Review Through the Lens of Strunk’s Elements of Style.Our research group set aside a full session to study William Strunk’s The Elements of Style, focusing on Chapter III, “Elementary…
Jesse Ebong·Sep 23It’s More Than Points and BadgesWhen people hear the word gamification, they often think of points, badges, leaderboards and rewards. Adding these features to an online…
Tonny Blair·Sep 19Why Good Scientific Writing Is More Than Using Big Words.When people hear the words scientific writing, they may imagine long sentences, complicated terminology, and paragraphs filled with words…
Agume _Kenneth_·Sep 16From Problem Identification to Draft 2: Refining My Research IntroductionLast week, I focused on developing and refining the introduction to my final-year research project:
Lisa Lusinga·Sep 15Peer Review for Engineers: Why Your Code Isn’t the Only Thing That Needs ReviewAs engineers, we tend to be obsessed with code review. And yet when it comes to our writing? We just don’t give it that much thought.
Tonny Blair·Sep 9Beyond the Sentence: From “Just Writing” to Building a StoryScientific writing is often treated as a matter of getting the sentences right. Use formal language, avoid grammatical mistakes, cite your…
Lisa Lusinga·Sep 9A Computing Student’s Guide to Scientific WritingLast week I read a paper that broke down how scientific writing actually works, and it changed how I think about my own writing. As…
