Tag: Back to School series

Journal cover letters are your chance to lobby on behalf of your manuscript. This AJE Journal Cover Letter Guide offers some useful tips for getting them right. It also includes a free journal cover letter template.

• Presentations are important for researchers, so make sure your slides are easy to read.
• Cut down on text, and use images where possible.
• Remember that your slides don't have to explain themselves; minimize what's on the slide in favor of explaining the contents yourself.

In this article, we discuss 10 leadership qualities that are often overlooked in graduate school education. You'll learn the importance of traits such as humility, emotional intelligence, empathy, and setting boundaries in effective leadership and provide guidance on how to develop these qualities for a successful leadership journey.

Get some of our top back-to-basics articles for tips like how to write a cover letter, or how a lab notebook can be effectively converted to a manuscript.

Why and how can you persist when it comes to getting your research published?

Manuscript formatting is a crucial step in preparing an article for submission to a journal, and understanding and following journal guidelines are sources of frustration for many authors. Below are answers to some questions commonly asked by authors.

Writing a manuscript can be daunting - here are some tips for turning your research notes into a great manuscript.

There are ways to start working on your publication record before you publish your first peer-reviewed article

Book reviews serve a very important function in the world of scholarly communication. If you are ready to take the plunge, here is a step-by-step guide.