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            Publishing
        
    Why desk rejections happen and how young researchers can avoid them: practical lessons from experience
            Publishing our work is a critical part of an ECR’s journey. Papers are not always sent out for revision, and it can be discouraging for ECRs to face desk rejections. Here, Dr. Taddese Zerfu shares his insights on how to minimize the chances of facing a desk rejection.
        
Taddese Zerfu

    17 Jul 2025
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    6 min read
    
            Editorial
        
    How to overcome writer’s block to share your ideas
            Writing plays a central role in the life of Early Career Researchers. It might seem daunting at first, but with time it becomes easier and even fun! Here, Angel shares some tips on how to set yourself up for success when writing.
        
Angel Cisneros

    30 Jan 2025
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    4 min read
    
            Life in Science
        
    Towards an increased awareness on the importance of Computational Reproducibility in Biological Sciences in Latin America
            Collaboration helps push science forward. However, its power depends on us sharing workflows, reagents, and results that our colleagues can reproduce. Here, a team of ECRs share how they came together with the mission of making science more reproducible and their upcoming projects.
        
Reprodutibilidade Computacional Bio

    31 Aug 2023
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            Careers
        
    My Successful Mentoring Experiment
            Throughout our scientific training process, many of us find ourselves asking if we have what it takes to become a successful mentor. In this blog post, Ruchika Bajaj shares her experience with designing a mentoring experiment to test the hypothesis that she can, and will be a great mentor.
        
Ruchika Bajaj

    3 Aug 2023
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    6 min read
    
            Publishing
        
    The Many Languages of Science
            There are more than 7000 languages in the world. So how do you make sure science communication, which typically happens in English, is accessible to everyone? In this blog post, Kanika Khanna tells us how to engage in and feel comfortable talking about science in a non-English language.
        
Kanika Khanna

    10 Nov 2022
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    4 min read
    
            eLife Ambassadors
        
    Learning how to change the research environment as an eLife  Community Ambassador
            Research can be incredibly rewarding, but there are a lot of hurdles along the way. Some of these relate to our environments and are difficult to overcome. In this post, Maria Sol Ruiz and Nalaka Wijekoon explain how to take matters into our own hands and step up to induce global change.
        
ecrLife editors

    4 Oct 2022
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            Publishing
        
    Why and how to convince lab members to preprint
            We are entering a new science publishing era that is more open and available, and preprints are such an important factor making the difference! There are so many benefits of preprinting, but there are still some skepticals out there.. Learn how to convince them to join the preprint wonderland here!
        
Ken Hallenbeck

    28 Apr 2022
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    4 min read
    
            Publishing
        
    Why you should publish your work as a Preprint - A conversation with Dr. Prachee Avasthi
            We had the chance to talk to Prachee Avasthi, president of ASAPBio, who answered all our questions about preprints. She showed us how early career scientists can get involved in the publishing and reviewing process of preprints, and how it can benefit us all!
        
Nele Haelterman, ecrLife editors

    1 Apr 2021
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            Publishing
        
    An ECR’s guide to peer review
            As an early career researcher, how do you get invited to review manuscripts?
        
Patricia Resa-Infante, Ewoud Compeer

    11 Sep 2020
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    5 min read
    
            Publishing
        
    Include junior researchers in peer review
            We, a group of early career researchers (ECRs) involved in the eLife Community Ambassadors programme, believe that the rigour, speed, and inclusivity of existing peer review processes can be significantly improved by including (more) ECRs.
        
ecrLife

    4 Mar 2020
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    4 min read
    
            Publishing
        
    What makes a good paper?
            “What makes a good paper?” is a great question that many scientists still ask
themselves when they submit their work for consideration to be published. One of
the most common
        
Steven Burgess

    26 Feb 2019
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    4 min read
    
            Publishing
        
    Creating a research figure: Tips from graphic design
            Your story is coming together and the data
is there, but now comes the part of writing a paper that most researchers have
never been formally taught: creating figures. In
        
Anne Martin

    18 Jan 2019
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            Publishing
        
    On preprints and journal clubs
            By Steven Burgess (@sjb015 [https://twitter.com/sjb015])

When will you get round to that paper that you keep meaning to read – but only
after you have done one more
        
ecrLife

    8 Jan 2019
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            Publishing
        
    Beyond bar graphs: free tools and resources for creating more transparent figures for small datasets
            Over the past few years, many journals have implemented policies banning or
discouraging the use of bar graphs for continuous data, especially in small
sample size studies. This includes PLOS
        
Rachel Meade

    10 Jul 2018
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    4 min read
    
            Publishing
        
    Beyond bar graphs: free tools and resources for creating more transparent figures for small datasets
            Over the past few years, many journals have implemented policies banning or
discouraging the use of bar graphs for continuous data, especially in small
sample size studies. This includes PLOS
        
Rachel Meade

    10 Jul 2018
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    4 min read
    
            Publishing
        
    Are scientific societies drifting into irrelevance?
            Dramatic declines in the output of some society journals over the last five
years has led to a shift of power in publishing, raising tough questions for
scientific communities 

”Peer-reviewed
        
Steven Burgess

    19 Jun 2018
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    7 min read
    
            Publishing
        
    Are scientific societies drifting into irrelevance?
            Dramatic declines in the output of some society journals over the last five
years has led to a shift of power in publishing, raising tough questions for
scientific communities 

”Peer-reviewed
        
Steven Burgess

    19 Jun 2018
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    7 min read
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