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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...

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Chances are that the last conference you attended had a Twitter hashtag, something like #AYS2017. It’s not only smart advertising 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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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...