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How to Peer Review a Paper: A Step-by-Step Guide for Your First Review
Most researchers do their first peer review with no training at all. A step-by-step guide to reviewing a paper, from the invitation to the report, including what is and isn't your job and the rules on AI.




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- PhD: Bone Health and Fracture Prevention in Parkinson’sNewPosted 12 Oct
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- PhD: Nervous system stability in health and diseaseNewPosted 11 Oct
- PhD: Frontotemporal Dementia (John Clifton Legacy)NewPosted 11 Oct
- Research Assistant: Ultralow Field MRI for Dementia DiagnosisNewPosted 10 Oct
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- NINE DTP ESRC PhD Studentships 2027NewPosted 12 Oct
- NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria PhD StudentshipsNewClosing soonPosted 12 Oct
- Wellcome Sanger Institute 4-Year PhD Programme 2027NewPosted 11 Oct
- Gates Cambridge Scholarships 2027NewPosted 10 Oct
- UCL EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award PhD StudentshipsNewPosted 10 Oct
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Does rugby cause dementia? Dr Connor Richardson, epidemiologist and amateur player, reads the evidence twice and finds it messier than the headlines.
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Dr Yvonne Couch reads UKRI's new grant assessment plans and asks what fewer, longer grants, triage and interviews mean for early and mid-career researchers.
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Dr Clíona Farrell reports from a UCL200 screening of the Carol Jennings documentary: forty years of progress, and the gaps in diagnosis, care and funding left.
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Dr Becky Carlyle on what a PI loses when a postdoc leaves, and the record keeping, offboarding and reframing that keep a lab going without them.
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Beccy Owen on 10 things my PhD has taught me so far, from troubleshooting and resilience to boundaries, confidence and not having your career mapped out.
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UCL turns 200. Selina Wray, Aygun Badalova, Tammaryn Lashley and Andre Altmann on what dementia research has achieved there, and what needs to come next.
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World Brain Day Special: Who Gets Brain Health?A World Brain Day special: four blogs and two podcasts on brain health, prevention and inequalities in dementia, and who gets left out of…
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Writing and Publishing Your ResearchExplore writing and publishing in research with tips on peer review, first papers, co authors, journals and avoiding predatory publishers from expert voices
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