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Learn How to Make Your Scientific Writing Tasty With Ingredient X

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

Animated Video Abstracts That Make Your Research Fly!

Video script This is Max and this is Jane. They are scientists and they are very excited because they just got their research paper...

Conference Presentation Dos and Don’ts for Scientists

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

7 Reasons Why You Should Write A Media Release For Your New Paper

Put on your party hat, chest bump and high five your collaborators. Your paper was accepted for publication! It’s taken months,...

THE SUPER TWEET: A Guide To Twitter Mastery For Academics

Tweeting about new publications is the norm for authors and journals. However, you are probably doing it wrong! Have you ever considered...

Why Scientists Cannot Afford to Ignore Outreach

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...

Video Abstracts that Make a Difference - A Case Study

16 March 2017 | A review paper on global species movement has just been accepted for publication in the journal Science. The authors have...

The Evolution of Academic Success: from “Publish or Perish” to “Visible or Vanish”

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

Five Ways to Boost your Research Impact and Altmetric Score

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

Altmetric: What it is and Why it Matters [INFOGRAPHIC]

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

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