In order to network, learn more about helping researchers publish in English and see where editing is heading, Maxafeau will be heading to Toronto to attend the EAC’s International “Editing Goes Global Conference” being held from June 12-14, 2015. Follow us on Twitter (@maxafeauES) to ensure you follow our posts from sessions related to the editing of science and working …
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Why Twitter? Maxafeau Editing Services tweets relevant studies, cases, and discussion related to academic writing and publishing. In the last few weeks, Maxafeau has sent out to our Twitter followers links to: – Reviews in the Guardian and Times Higher Education of Michael Gordin’s book asking why English has become the dominant language of science; – How to respond to …
The Guardian: Peer review alternatives
A science opinion piece by Dorothy Bishop who adds her thoughts to the debate over the future of peer review and how it should (could) evolve. http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2015/may/12/will-traditional-science-journals-disappear
Another contribution to PLoS’ “Ten Simple Rules”
Cody Weinberger et al. add another relevant contribution to the “Ten Simple Rules” PLoS collection. This time: How to write science. A link is here and the link has been added within Maxafeau’s growing writing resources kit!
Using social media to get people involved (and caring) about your research field
Getting ordinary citizens involved in your science work and making them understand its importance and relevance is an avenue that needs to become second nature for scientists… This week in the Christian Science Monitor, a research team studying sharks uses social media to get the public involved and interested in the plight of sharks in the world’s oceans.