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The Write Stuff - Winter 2023 (Vol. 20, No. 1), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Winter 2023 (Vol. 20, No. 1), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2023
- Protected health information
- Literature reviews: Which type should I write?
- Finding examples of funded NIH applications
- New NIH policy for data management and sharing now in effect
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Person-first language
The Write Stuff - Summer 2022 (Vol. 19, No. 3), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Summer 2022 (Vol. 19, No. 3), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2022
- Next steps after grant rejection
- Resources on new NIH policy for data management and sharing
- What should you include as supplemental material?
- Tips for collaborating with manuscript authors online
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Overlay journal
The Write Stuff - Spring 2022 (Vol. 19, No. 2), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Spring 2022 (Vol. 19, No. 2), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2022
- New PRISMA guidelines for systematic reviews
- Top tips for writing article titles
- Key points from NIH seminar: “Including diverse populations in NIH-funded clinical research”
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: NISO
The Write Stuff - Winter 2022 (Vol. 19, No. 1), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Winter 2022 (Vol. 19, No. 1), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2022
- NIH allows flexibility for applicants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
- Whom to contact for help with your NIH grant applications
- How to write a peer review
- Council of Science Editors launches new podcast
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: QWERTY, AZERTY, and Dvorak
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2022 (Vol. 19, No. 4), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2022 (Vol. 19, No. 4), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2022
- Updated guidelines on reporting race and ethnicity in the AMA Manual of Style
- ARRIVE 2.0 and MDAR Framework guide methods reporting for animal research and other life sciences research
- SciScore: A tool to measure reproducibility
- Tips for using figures effectively in grant proposals
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Format-free submission
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2021 (Vol. 18, No. 4), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2021 (Vol. 18, No. 4), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2021
- The growing acceptance of preprints in biomedical publishing
- NIH biosketch changes
- Opening up the functionality of Microsoft Word with the Read Aloud tool
- NCI’s Author Arranger tool for manuscript title pages
- NIH tips for writing a research plan
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Creative Commons
The Write Stuff - Summer 2021 (Vol. 18, No. 3), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Summer 2021 (Vol. 18, No. 3), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2021
- A friendly reminder about Core Grant citations
- Using BioRender to create scientific figures
- Reminder to grant authors: Check for grant requirements to publish in open access journals
- Promoting research articles
The Write Stuff - Spring 2021 (Vol. 18, No. 2), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Spring 2021 (Vol. 18, No. 2), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2021
- A change to the calculation of Journal Impact Factors
- NIH podcast discusses alternatives to animals in biomedical research
- Two online grammar resources to bookmark
- What is a graphical abstract?
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: FAIR Principles
The Write Stuff - Winter 2021 (Vol. 18, No. 1), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Winter 2021 (Vol. 18, No. 1), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2021
- Resources for making your research more rigorous
- Best practices for presenting with Zoom
- Research articles: Establishing authorship and author order
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Megajournal
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2020 (Vol. 17, No. 4), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2020 (Vol. 17, No. 4), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2020
- New NIH training module: Vertebrate Animals Section
- When a journal requests English-language editing
- CRediT aims to clarify contributions to scientific publications
- The Assisted Referral Tool (ART): A resource for selecting the best NIH study sections for your grant proposal
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Cascading peer review
The Write Stuff - Summer 2020 (Vol. 17, No. 3), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Summer 2020 (Vol. 17, No. 3), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2020
- Boost your chances of publication by following journals’ instructions to authors
- EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero: which citation management software is best?
- Building your data management plan
- Search for funding opportunities with Pivot
- Expanding use of digital object identifiers in scientific publishing
The Write Stuff - Spring 2020 (Vol. 17, No. 2), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Spring 2020 (Vol. 17, No. 2), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2020
- How to discuss your study's limitations effectively
- Reference letters vs. letters of support for NIH grant applications: What's the difference?
- NCI Bottom Line blog offers insight into grant funding and budgets
- Dissertations, Text Recycling, and Self-Plagiarism
- NIH Increases the use of Notices of Special Interest
- Tips for using Track Changes in Microsoft Word
The Write Stuff - Winter 2020 (Vol. 17, No. 1), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Winter 2020 (Vol. 17, No. 1), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2020
- Best practices for sharing confidential materials outside MD Anderson
- 11th edition of the AMA Manual of Style to be published this month
- MD Anderson’s policies on disclosure of foreign relationships
- New NIH grant application instructions and forms coming in spring 2020
- Cabell’s Blacklist
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Hybrid journal and mirror journal
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2019 (Vol.16, No.4), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2019 (Vol.16, No.4), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2019
- Scientific Publications and the Research Medical Library join forces, expand services
- Incorporating sex as a biological variable in NIH grant applications
- Hyperlinks in NIH grant applications
- Altmetrics: Looking beyond citation analysis to measure impact
- Guidelines for reporting your research methods to improve reproducibility and rigor
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Core Grant
The Write Stuff - Summer 2019 (Vol. 16, No. 3), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Summer 2019 (Vol. 16, No. 3), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2019
- Using Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs) to enhance rigor and reproducibility
- Court ruling sheds light on publishing giant OMICS International
- Manuscript presentation tips to improve the peer review process
- How to insert Greek letters, symbols, and other special characters in Word documents
- Changes to Plan S give researchers and publishers time to adapt
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Hanging indent
The Write Stuff - Spring 2019 (Vol.16, No.2), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Spring 2019 (Vol.16, No.2), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2019
- Setting up a writing critique group
- NIH clarifies terminology regarding rigor of the prior research
- Scientific Publications’ grant proposal editing service
- European Plan S aims to mandate open access by 2020
- NIH tip: Check your funding opportunity announcement 30 days before submitting your grant application
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: “Blinded” peer review and clinical trials
The Write Stuff - Winter 2019 (Vol.16, No.1), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Winter 2019 (Vol.16, No.1), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2019
- Grant Writers' seminars return in March
- How to disagree with an NIH research grant proposal review
- Using Publons to track and show peer reviews
- Journal initiatives aim to improve transparency and reproducibility
- New NIH videos demystify the grant review process
- NIH launches new version of NIH Data Book including 2018 funding statistics
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Sentence case and title case
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2018 (Vol.15, No.4), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2018 (Vol.15, No.4), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2018
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The Write Stuff - Summer 2018 (Vol. 15, No. 3), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Summer 2018 (Vol. 15, No. 3), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2018
- Celebrating 70 years of serving MD Anderson
- Do grant reviewers read reference lists?
- NIH encourages authors to publish NIH-funded research only in reputable journals
- Preliminary data and R01 grants
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: First person
The Write Stuff - Spring 2018 (Vol. 15, No. 2), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Spring 2018 (Vol. 15, No. 2), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2018
- What is a PMCID and how do I get one?
- Updates to ClinicalTrials.gov
- EndNote Manuscript Matcher helps authors identify journals
- NIH grant applications: Where should the preliminary data go?
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: h-index
The Write Stuff - Winter 2018 (Vol. 15, No. 1), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Winter 2018 (Vol. 15, No. 1), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2018
- Information Security’s “questionable journal” initiative flags potentially predatory publishers and sponsors
- Communicating with your editor to make the most of the help you receive
- NIH’s Next Generation Researchers Initiative
- Scientific Publications offers writing consultation services
- Getting to know the NIH grant programs
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Gold, platinum, and green open access
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 4), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 4), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2017
- ICMJE member journals to begin requiring data sharing statements
- Online tools for researchers
- Changes to NIH forms for studies involving human subjects
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Text recycling
The Write Stuff - Summer 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 3), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Summer 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 3), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2017
- Grant Writers' seminars return in October
- Increase INTEREST in your grant proposals
- Academic search engine optimization: Help readers find your research
- Plagiarism policies of journals preferred by MD Anderson authors
- Tips for writing Introduction sections for NIH “resubmission” grant applications
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Journalology
The Write Stuff - Spring 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 2), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Spring 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 2), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2017
- GrantScoop helps researchers find funding opportunities
- New NIH guidance on citing interim research products in grant applications: a note of caution
- Update on Beall’s list of suspected predatory journals and publishers
- Using double and single quotation marks
- Grant guidance and upcoming grant deadlines
- -- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: PMID and PMCID
The Write Stuff - Winter 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 1), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Winter 2017 (Vol. 14, No. 1), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2017
- Reusing your own previously published material: When is it okay?
- Think. Check. Submit: Selecting a trusted journal for your manuscript
- NIH revises its grant appendix policy and font recommendations
- Minimizing text on scientific posters
- Winter and spring schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Predatory journals, misleading metrics, and other publishing hazards
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 4), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Autumn 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 4), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2016
- Using calendar dates in case reports
- How does an author’s leaving an institution affect in-progress manuscripts?
- What trainees should know before submitting manuscripts to the Department of Scientific Publications
- EQUATOR Network offers more than 300 specialized reporting guidelines
- Autumn and winter schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Red Journal, Gray Journal, and other colorful nicknames
The Write Stuff - Summer 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 3), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Summer 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 3), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2016
- Tips for writing a journal submission cover letter
- New biosketch instructions and samples provided by the NIH
- Tips for shortening grant proposals through document and text formatting
- Fall schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Structured and unstructured abstracts
The Write Stuff - Spring 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 2), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Spring 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 2), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2016
- Grant-writing workshop and mock study section now available to help grant applicants
- Must authors highlight minor text changes in revised manuscripts?
- Using ORCID’s unique identifier to link your name with your publications
- Finding the information you need to navigate the recent NIH grant-application changes
- ICMJE updates its influential Recommendations for scientific publishing
- Summer schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: IMRAD
The Write Stuff - Winter 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 1), Research Medical Library
The Write Stuff - Winter 2016 (Vol. 13, No. 1), Research Medical Library
Write Stuff 2016
- Publishing patient information in case reports
- Changes to NIH grant policies, grant application forms and instructions, and SF424 guidelines
- Microsoft Word 2013: Tips for using Comments, Change Tracking, and other features
- Citing unpublished material in a research paper
- Winter and spring schedule for the Research Medical Library webinar program
- Unusual terms used in scientific writing and publishing: Uniform requirements/ICMJE recommendations