What Is a Good H-Index Required for an Academic Position? Metrics are important. Even scholars who may not entirely agree with the ways in which academic and scientific impact is currently measured and used cannot deny that metrics play a…
How To Choose the Right Postdoctoral Vacancy for Your Career
How To Choose the Right Postdoctoral Vacancy for Your Career If you are nearing the end of your doctoral work, you are no doubt dedicating considerable, perhaps anxious thought to what you will do next. Whether you are hoping to…
Deadlines: Vital Aspects of Academic Careers and Publishing Activities
Deadlines: Vital Aspects of Academic Careers and Publishing Activities Deadlines, it would seem, are incredibly fashionable. We all have them, after all, some of us far more than we can afford, and many of us are eager to introduce them…
Citations and the Scholarly Career
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Publishing Venues for Early-Career Academics and Scientists
Establishing a Body of Academic or Scientific Work The current publishing climate for academic and scientific writing tends to be so narrowly focussed on landing textual space in prestigious journals with a high impact that the importance of establishing a…
Tips on Journal Publishing for Early-Career Academics and Scientists
Tips on Journal Publishing for Early-Career Academics and Scientists Doctoral candidates and those scientists and academics just beginning their careers at universities and other research institutions are often advised to aim for the top-tier journals with a high impact when…
