Tag: academic writing
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Thinking about how to present multilingual data
So far in this series of posts on doing multilingual research, I have probed the intricacies of multilingual research settings, presented some dilemmas about obtaining informed consent, and talked about language choice and data generation. This post moves the discussion forward to the most visible outcome of a multilingual research project: How might one present multilingual data on a…
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Do I need permission to evaluate language teaching textbooks?
When is copying content from a language textbook fair use, in a student research project?
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Possible scam involving academic publishing?
You will never get a fee for publishing in an academic journal. According to a recent post in Scholarly Open Access (a now [2019] defunct blog, which used to report on academic publishing scams), there is at least one academic publisher so keen to recruit authors and editors that they offer rewards of “1,000-10,000 dollars as…
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Thoughts on academic blogging
This post has been prompted by a small personal landmark. Earlier today, this blog passed the 30,000 views mark, after about 30 months of operation. Of course, the views are not evenly distributed: for more than a year after it was created, this webspace operated mostly as an online CV/academic homepage, and the blog section…
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Fake papers are not the real problem in science
In case you missed it, the ‘big story’ in academic news in the past week was the retraction of more than 120 papers that had been published by Springer and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). The retraction followed the discovery, by Dr. Cyril Labbé of Joseph Fourier University, that all the fake…
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How to avoid desk rejections
Why are some manuscripts rejected before they are even sent out to reviewers? And what can you do to avoid ‘desk-rejections’?
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Is it ever OK to cite your own work?
When writing a new article, it can sometimes seem pretentious to cite your previous work. This post explains when it is appropriate to do so, and what are some things you should watch out for.
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Can I publish a conference paper in a journal?
Before recycling your conference paper into a publication, here are three things you need to consider.
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How to maximise research impact (free resources)
Access a free handbook with advice on understanding and maximising impact for social scientists.