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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. 

The PhD can often feel overwhelming to researchers who are just starting the journey.

Academic research articles are published following one of two basic models, either ‘traditional’ or open access (OA).

Re-using an image from an earlier paper is re-publishing something that you, or another author, has previously used in an earlier article. This is possible, but requires permission in some form or another.

Accurate citation is so important: ensure you’ve actually read a paper before citing it in your own work and be honest with your references.

Most active researchers and academics these days are aware of the concept of open access (OA) publishing and how it works, even though recent scholarly surveys have shown that most remain confused about or simply unaware of how this model could be useful for them career-wise. 

Gift authorship’ is one of the most common kinds of unethical behaviour seen in academic publishing. In this practice, an author is added to a paper when they have not actually made a contribution to the work, perhaps to reward a collaborator, return a favour, or for some other gain. 

Did you know that less than ten percent of PhD students currently enrolled in the UK go on to work in academia after graduation? 

Video Abstracts are short 2-3 minute videos with voice-over that deliver the core message of your research output in a bite-sized, easily accessible format.

Academic posters are widely used within the research community to quickly and clearly provide a visual explanation of research methodology and findings to the viewer.

Thank you for joining the Charlesworth Author Services education team throughout Open Access Week 2019.   

As this week is International Open Access Week 2019, the Charlesworth Author Services education team will participate in this year’s theme ‘Open for whom? Equity in open knowledge’.    

There is nothing magical about successfully writing and publishing academic papers.

There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies and statistics. Did you know that, often, the toughest papers for journal editors to process are those that contain statistical analyses? 

All academic researchers currently want to see their research published in the best possible journals, which means those with the highest impact factors (IFs).

All academics want their publications to appear in internationally ranked and listed journals; ideally ones with a high impact factor (IF) ranking.

We teach effective journal selection in our Charlesworth Author Services education workshops, including how to submit to a publisher to maximise your publication potential.

 Our goal as writers is to keep people interested and have fun!

Try to write in English for just ten minutes each day!

Our last blog of the week will reveal how to respond to comments you disagree with in order to maximise your chances of acceptance.