Cover Designs for a Series of Highbrow Literary Novels
Dan
I’m sure Tom Gauld‘s latest cartoon for The Guardian will resonate with a few folks around here… I liked Tom’s recent New Yorker cover too…
publishing
If you ever wanted to know how potentially lucrative it would be to be an unethical journal editor, read on
Susan Stepney
I've blogged before about offers journal editors get to be unethical.The offers continue:Dear [editor in chief],I hope you are doing well. My name is Ivy Yang, and I work as a publishing development editor focusing on academic journal collaborations and manuscript resources.I am reaching out to...
It was 30 years ago today...
Susan Stepney
… that my first fully dated item appeared on my website: a review of Clannad’s 1996 tour at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, attended a week earlier.I blogged about this piece of history 10 years ago. What's changed since then?Back in 2016 I was working at the University of York. I have since...
Serving Two Masters
Cael
You build a site for humans. Then you discover that half your audience can't see it. The other half can't execute JavaScript.
The Research
Cael
What we mean when we say the research is headed this way.
The Crunch
M.G. Siegler
The below post was originally published on February 6, 2024 on Spyglass. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here.TechCrunch+ Termination - Lux CapitalWith the unfortunate news of layoffs at TechCrunch last week, this post attempts to look at the why — and in particular, what went wrong with...
Free Writing and Publishing Online Workshop: 19–20 June 2024
Prof. David M. Schultz
Join Prof. David Schultz of the University of Manchester for a free 6-hour workshop on writing and publishing. During this two-day workshop, you will learn the process of peer review from an experienced and interdisciplinary author, reviewer, and editor. Get behind-the-scenes insight into how to...
Editorial: How to Be a More Effective Author
Prof. David M. Schultz
Looking for top tips from the editors of Monthly Weather Review on how to be a more effective author? The November 2022 issue has an editorial by the 21 editors with our top tips from planning the paper, writing the paper, addressing a rejected manuscript, and responding to reviewers and editors....
How to be a more effective reviewer
Prof. David M. Schultz
As part of its 150th anniversary celebrations, Monthly Weather Review published my editorial “How to be a more effective reviewer”. The editorial has four sections: receiving the invitation, writing the review, after the initial review, and communicating with the editor. It provides guidance...
Eliminate excessive and unnecessary acronyms from your scientific writing
Prof. David M. Schultz
Source: https://sspinnovations.com/blog/know-your-gis-and-non-gis-abbreviations-acronyms-and-initialisms/ I can’t say that there was a specific moment when I noticed it happening more often. Either it is increasing in frequency or it is testing my patience more these days. That is the tendency...
Get your paper accepted faster: Responding to reviewers’ comments
Prof. David M. Schultz
Source: https://publons.com/benefits/reviewers/how Getting your manuscript accepted at a journal can typically take one to three rounds of back and forth with reviewers, each round taking one to three months. In my experience as Editor, sometimes the process could go faster because of things...
How to Referee a (Math) Paper
Álvaro Lozano-Robledo
Refereeing papers is one of those essential skills of a professional research mathematician that you are never taught how to do but, one day, you will find a referee request in your inbox. Suddenly, you are thrown into the world of refereeing without any proper training. In this blog post, I will...
the school of nomad arts
india flint
I am pinching myself ... but it is true. I have taken the plunge. (what on earth is she on about, I hear you mutter) Thanks to my friend Christi Carter telling me about Seasonal Affective Disorder, (something that was unknown to me) which prompted me to dream up a February project to help keep...