How to write a literature review
Nature Careers BlogNature speaks to old hands and first timers about the work they did to make their reviews sing, essential reading before you start a lit review.
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The career costs of COVID: Postdocs & PhD paying the price
Closed labs and rescinded job offers have snatched away opportunities. How can science bounce back? Julie Gould finds out for Nature Careers.
Four ways to fight science-funding cuts across Europe
Junior researchers need to engage with policymakers, institutions and funders to argue against planned budget cut-backs, warn Brian Cahill and Marco Masia
Southpaw scientists need a helping (left) hand
Lab-equipment manufacturers should consider left-handed researchers when they design products, says Parastoo Mashouri in this blog from Nature Careers
Science is getting harder to read
From obscure acronyms to unnecessary jargon, research papers are increasingly impenetrable, even for scientists, according to a Dalmeet Singh Chawla
Give your brain a break from science busywork
If you can, escape the plate-spinning frenzy of online meetings by going on holiday, ideally for two weeks, says John Tregoning in this blog from Nature Careers
Don’t be a prig in peer review
Jeff C. Clements reckons with a recent set of reviewer comments that used ‘being critical’ as a justification to be mean, in this article from Nature Careers.
Challenge to scientists: does your 10 yr old code still run?
Missing documentation and obsolete environments force participants in the Ten Years Reproducibility Challenge to get creative – take a look at this article by
4 tips to ward off impostor syndrome
There are ways to shut up that insidious inner critic and impostor syndrome, says Paris Grey in this post shared from the Nature Careers Blog.
Look beyond publication records, urges report
Science Europe recommends assessing societal impact and contributions to knowledge and policy when awarding grants and promotions.
15/1: How many applications does it take to get a job offer
Survey finds that standard metrics of success can’t completely explain why some candidates get academic job offers and others don’t.
How to escape work during lockdown
If your lab is still shuttered and work is a struggle, technology researcher Sun Sun Lim offers advice on how to switch off