Hi everybody,

Who has tried out the UnPaywall browser plugin to try finding free copies of hard-to-reach papers? According to a study, half of all papers that are searched for online have free versions that are available to download, and UnPaywall...

(From blog post here - which links to the full study https://i2insights.org/2018/10/30/strategies-for-evidence-backed-policies/)

"The six strategies are:

1. A system for commissioning rapid reviews responsive to policy maker needs: A mechanism to as...

Hi Beatrice,

Thanks for posting - what kind of skills are you seeking support with?

Best wishes

Andy

Dear Kandi,

Thank you - this is excellent investigative work and confirms our suspicions!  The critical part is the observation about lack of opportunity to expand contacts and discover new expertise in your field - which you would expect at ...

Dear Kandi,

Thanks for this question. Despite the attractive website, I would not sign up for this conference.

There are tens of thousands of fake or low quality conferences advertised on the internet, or via email and so researchers need to be ve...

Dear John,

I would recommend this guide by Michel Roig, "Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing: https://www.umsl.edu/studentresearch/files/pdfs/roig-avoiding-plagiarism.pdf

In pa...

Hi everyone,

Apologies for the inappropriate messages that have been sent through this forum.

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Dear Melkamu,

That's a good question. Personally, I think this journal is fine to publish in.

https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJPSIR

Some people have argued that the publishers, 'Academic Journals' are not reputable - this is because they wer...

Hi everyone,

Apologies once again for the inappropriate messages. We will be enabling a moderation system very soon which should prevent this from happening again.

Andy

Hi Rehan,

I'm not aware of any scholarships, but you might find this resource useful if you are an editor of a journal:

Hi everyone,

Rachel Strohm of the Mawanzo Institute has a regularly updated list of travel and research grants for African researchers. Visit the list here:

https://rachelstrohm.com/2015/07/30/professional-development-opportunities-for-african-aca...

Hi to all the people who have just subscribed to this forum!

Why not share your biggest current challenge in research/publishing, so we can auggest resources, advice, opportunties etc.

Thanks

Andy

"Doing high quality and policy relevant research is at the core of the raison d’être of think tanks and policy research organisations and, when this fails, so does the think tank. But what exactly does policy relevant research mean? Ho...

Hi all,

We just had a webinar on ethics in research publication. One of the issues that was mentioned was identifying predatory journals that advertise an 'Impact Factor', and how you can check this. We recently published a blog post about this re...

Free webinar on ethics in research publication - Sept 25th