In the world of academia, a scientist’s worth is often judged by the number of peer-reviewed articles they’ve authored and how frequently…
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Early Career Research Community The Untold Story: what doesn’t make it into the journalRead more
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Early Career Research Community True Grit: the PhD experience as a way of moving forwardRead more
It is an understatement to say that it takes persistence and endurance to get through grad school in the quest for…
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PLoS Blogs Spreading the Word: PLOS Advances Research Through Media PartnershipsRead more
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Early Career Research Community Tips on a smooth Ph.D. – Postdoc transition; avoiding the post-graduation bluesRead more
Completing my Ph.D. was truly an exciting time. Writing my thesis meant spending less time at the bench, which in turn meant…
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Early Career Research Community PLOS ECR Editorial Summer reading listRead more
With summer and vacation upon us, we can finally catch up on some reading. For some reason, there is never enough…
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Early Career Research Community You’ve completed your review – now get credit with ORCIDRead more
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Early Career Research Community Millennials aren’t “traditional” undergraduate students today; they might be faculty colleaguesRead more
Attending a recent event focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), I heard a speaker discussing how millennials eventually will be entering…
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Early Career Research Community PLOS welcomes the revised Plan S guidelinesRead more
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Early Career Research Community This one weird trick will improve your scienceRead more
Science is all about remembering things. This is something we maybe wish wasn’t true, and certainly we can and should look things…
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Early Career Research Community It’s Our Preprint Anniversary!Read more
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Early Career Research Community Poster session, the Most Learnable Part in a Scientific Conference, a Mutual Learning ModeRead more
Science is more than a body of knowledge. It’s a way of thinking – Carl Sagan As I was surfing the Internet on…
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Early Career Research Community Elements of a positive academic environment for early career researchers, and how we are contributingRead more
Academia can be a very intellectually challenging place, but also frustrating for more vulnerable populations, including early career researchers (ECRs), due…