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Every researcher dreads that moment. The moment you realise you’ve become THAT person. The person at the dinner table who provokes polite...

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Don’t shoo away the bird! Behemoth social media platform, Twitter, is much more than a place for celebrity gossip and catching up on...

The ideas are flowing, the research is exciting and you have numerous papers being published. BUT, none of it is getting recognised....

Peer-reviewed papers are the currency of science. They are the basis upon which we trade and record knowledge. They are our stamps of...

Meet Dr. Smart. Dr. Smart is a terrific scientist who’s making exciting discoveries to advance her field of research. She knows her...

You’re busy, and I understand. What with all the grant writing, teaching, supervising students and post-docs, as well as trying to fit in...

It used to be that scientists like ourselves put our minds to task, spent countless hours in our labs, and finally, after many long...

A familiar story. . . Dr Smart is a successful scientist. She’s a hard worker and has been focusing on her research for years. Following...

At Animate Your Science we are big fans of Altmetric. However, we felt that far too many scientists are still unsure of what Altmetric...