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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Should supervisors be training PhD students on impact?
LSE Impact BlogPhD candidates need to be able to communicate their research to diverse audiences and be prepared for careers outside of Higher Education.
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Closed labs and rescinded job offers have snatched away opportunities.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.
Common barriers to writing and how to overcome them
Writing a thesis can feel overwhelming. Hugh Kearns and Maria Gardiner discuss reasons why PhD students avoid and how to counter them.
Does Astrocyte Tau Cause Dementia?
Alz ForumOnce again, tau creates havoc—this time by hijacking astrocytes. According to a report in Nature from Nicolas Toni at the University of Lausanne
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
Olivia read a paper every day for 899 days.
Dementia ResearcherOlivia Rissland says reading a different paper every day has made her a better scientist in this article shared from the Nature Index.
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
Audience-first approach to social media increases engagement
Developing an online presence can be an effective way to communicate research. However, simply sharing your output on social media is not enough.
Look beyond publication records, urges report
Science Europe recommends assessing societal impact and contributions to knowledge and policy when awarding grants and promotions.
Tools that help researchers see the big picture
What project-management software can do for scientists, and help you continue to see the big picture an the detail. By Anna Nowogrodzki for Nature Careers