Scientific Illustrations: A Complete Guide for Researchers
As a researcher, writing reports and articles is a big part of your job. Academics and scientists everywhere spend the majority of their time either doing research or writing about…
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Scientific Posters: An Effective Way of Presenting Research
Scientific publications such as manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and oral presentations aid in disseminating clinical data to the scientific world and maintain transparency of the…
Practical Tips on Figure and Table Legends for Manuscripts
Manuscript writing is an integral part of sharing research outcomes. Authors write and publish manuscripts that target a specific journal audience. A manuscript presenting original…
Distill: A Journal with Interactive Images for Machine Learning Research
Research is a wide and extensive field of study. This field has welcomed a plethora of individuals looking to explore, learn, and create value for civilization over the years.…
InkScape: Create Eye-Catching Scientific Illustrations for your Manuscript
Scientific researchers know how important it is to communicate their findings via illustrations and diagrams. Poorly drawn figures are difficult to understand. As a result, they…
Scientific Fraud: How Journals Detect Image Manipulation (Part 2)
In the first part of this series, we highlighted the challenges and takes from authors and journals on image manipulation.
So who’s really in charge of making sure that journals…
Scientific Fraud: How Journals Detect Image Manipulation (Part 1)
In 2009, researcher Hwang Woo-Suk was convicted of research misconduct that included embezzlement and unethical procurement of human eggs. Among his less widely reported ethical…
Analyze and Process Your Images in Seconds with ImageJ!
ImageJ is a software package developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Formerly known as NIH Image, it was originally developed for the McIntosh computer system. …
Canva–Present Your PhD Research in Style & Get a Job!
Canva is a design program that began with an idea back in 2007. Founder Melanie Perkins at the University of Western Australia taught students how to use various design programs…
How to Create and Use Gantt Charts
There are several tools available to help you plan your research project. They help you organize your thoughts and create a research plan against a timeline. One such tool is…
Why is Data Visualization Important in Academic Research?
Data sets are sometimes hard to understand. Data analysis and data modeling can be complicated, but there are likely better ways to visualize your data. So, what is data…
Effective Use of Tables and Figures in Research Papers
Research papers are often based on copious amounts of data that can be summarized and easily read through tables and graphs. When writing a research paper, it is important for data…