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What is plagiarism?

Most researchers are already familiar with the concept of plagiarism, which is presenting someone else’s intellectual property – text, images, ideas, etc. – as your own.

Researchers are increasingly required to participate in public engagement and research communication activity. 

Researcher engagement with their academic community is an essential component in their wellbeing and mental health. This article discusses ways in which researchers can interact with their community,

For many doctoral students, working on a PhD will be unlike any other academic or professional experience.

Almost every PhD student and ECR will attend a conference at some point in their research career, not just as a participant but to present papers as well.

The working relationship that a PhD student has with their supervisor can be the most important factor for determining the success and enjoyment of their doctoral journey. 

Winning funding has become a very important component of ‘success’ for researchers; academics are usually measured by universities and research institutes on the basis of their publications and grant income (to a greater or lesser extent depending on country).

What sorts of writing habits do successful researchers have?’ What does ‘being successful’ mean?

A predatory journal can be defined as a publishing outlet that is purely interested in taking your money and not interested in properly disseminating or publishing your work. Such journals advertise widely, often over email.

Peer review is the cornerstone of academic publishing, the process by which research manuscripts submitted to journals are appraised. Based on the comments of ‘peer reviewers’, journal editors make decisions whether, or not, to accept articles for publication.

One key part of academic development is developing the skills to give great conference presentations. These are skills that can be learned; although some people are naturally talented public speakers, you candevelop and train yourself to be better at presenting your work and ideas.

One of our goals at Charlesworth Author Services is to help you ensure that you get your message across in your papers and that your writing and content is memorable.

In academic publishing, ‘aiming high’ means selecting a target journal with the best possible impact factor.

Increasing volumes of new information are constantly added to the existing medical literature because of new research and data collection, as well as novel clinical experiences.

Typically, academic authors tend to submit their articles to journals via online automated systems and then sit back and wait.

The demands of a PhD can often feel overwhelming, and it is not uncommon to hear of doctoral students being stressed and overworked.

One of the best ways of sharing your research is by publishing your findings, innovative methodologies or original knowledge that you have created through your PhD. 

A preprint is a research article draft completed prior to publication that is then publicly shared by the author(s) prior to, or after, formal journal-controlled peer-review, but before publication. Preprints are documents that are often not typeset or built into online content.

In most cases, the written PhD thesis is the principal way of clearly and cohesively conveying all the elements of your research.

What do I write? How do I start writing? Is my writing good enough? If you’ve found yourself asking these questions, you are not alone.