Category Archives: publication

Writing Challenge: The end, or is it?

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” – Douglas Adams I’m a week overdue for my final sciwrite check in, and I didn’t make my goal of submitting the manuscript by the time … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, publication

Writing Challenge, Week 3: Slow and steady

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

It’s been three weeks since I issued the initial challenge to join me in a month-ish of intense writing activity. Last week I needed to redefine what I meant by making satisfactory progress, and several of you shared your own … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, by Anne, publication

Dear Nature, You got a sexist story, but when you published it, you gave it your stamp of approval and became sexist too.

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

Dear Nature, “Womanspace” by Ed Rybicki is the most appalling thing I have ever read in a scientific journal. When I read the Futures (science fiction) piece you published on 29 September 2011, about how the hero and a man … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, by Anne, publication, ranting, society

Scenic Saturday: Wood in Streams

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

One of our field trips in my Fluvial Processes class takes the students to the lower reaches of Mallard Creek, the urban stream that drains the northern portion of Charlotte, including our campus. For most of its length, Mallard Creek … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, environment, geomorphology, photos, publication, science education

A writing challenge

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

Are you up for a challenge? A writing challenge? A friendly, mutually-supportive writing challenge?* I need to write some papers. My tenure portfolio goes out for review in May, and I want to get a couple more papers into review … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, publication

Diversity in the geosciences and the impact of social media

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Anne Jefferson

In the September issue of GSA Today, you can find our article on The Internet as a resource and support network for diverse geoscientists. Where do we go from here? Continue reading →

Categories: bloggery, by Anne, publication

The responsibilities of the English-speaking co-author

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Should they be blamed for poorly written papers from non-English speaking lead authors?
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Categories: academic life, publication

RSS @ Sciencedirect and GSA

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Chris Rowan

It turns out that Sciencedirect do have subdiscipline RSS feeds – they’re just a little hidden away.
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Categories: geology, links, publication

RSS @ AGU

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Am I the only one to miss that AGU have finally got their online act together and are now providing RSS feeds for their journals? They even have feeds for newly published articles in particular subdisciplines, like geochemistry, or structural … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, publication

Publication and Publicity

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Chris Rowan

What’s a science blogger to do when the media is awash with stories about a paper that hasn’t been published yet? This was the dilemma I was faced with last week when I started reading stories about

Categories: public science, publication