Category: Writing & Publishing
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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.
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Academic writing: Some resources
This post was originally written for The Doctoral Community @ LTE (link no longer active :/ ). A number of links have gone inactive since the article was written, although I do make an effort to update it every November. As some of you might be aware, November is Academic Writing Month, so I thought that it might…
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Open Access: Some facts and some thoughts
Some key concepts about Open Access publishing.
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Publish and perish
“How many points would Louis Pasteur, Henri Poincaré, Claude Shannon, Tim Berners-Lee and others nowadays earn within the new academic evaluation system?” The latest issue of Computer Assisted Language Learning carries a thought-provoking editorial on the “publish or perish” syndrome. Jozef Colpaert, the editor, argues that the evaluation practices currently in place in the academe are ultimately…