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  1. Maria Popova: "Imagine describing Russia’s domestic moral decay and its aggression against Ukraine as a “conservative turn”. I understand the desire to avoid hyperbole in academic writing but we also need to avoid ridiculous inaccurate euphemisms. They normalize and whitewash what russia is doing."

    #Russia #RussianSociety #RussianAggression #AcademicWriting

  2. Ein strukturierter Ansatz beim Erstellen von Manuskripten und ein guter Schreibstil tragen direkt dazu bei, die Effizienz beim Publizieren zu erhöhen und letztendlich wissenschaftlich erfolgreicher zu sein. 📝💪 Wichtige Tipps dazu bekommt ihr in unserem Workshop von @lorenzadlung & @weitergen

    #AcrWri #AcademicWriting #Schreiben

  3. Fact: wrestling with Manuscript Central takes longer and is even less fun than writing the entire 'theory' section #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter

  4. Living on the edge in academia: putting your tables and graphs right in the middle of your manuscript, not at the end #daredevils #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter

  5. Why better AI writing depends less on generating fluent text and more on surfacing the right evidence at the right moment. hackernoon.com/why-ai-research #academicwriting

  6. The Importance of Peer Reviews By Humans As Oppose To The Machines

    The peer review process is imperative for the advancement of knowledge and the promotion of innovation. It facilitates intellectual exchange by motivating researchers to enhance their methodologies, clarify their findings or interpretations, challenge assumptions, and even investigate potential new avenues that may not have been previously considered. Moreover, it serves as a catalyst for collaboration, accountability, and innovation, which are essential for the ongoing development of […]

    barland7.wordpress.com/2026/08

  7. I just submitted my revisions for a provisionally accepted manuscript...hopefully it's all good and will be accepted properly.
    #science #academicWriting

  8. Some writing projects are priority 1. Some are priority 1200. The trick is keeping enough possibilities around that, when Monday asks me what to write next, I’m not staring at an empty page. I blogged about how:

    silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

    #AcademicWriting #ResearchWorkflow #AcademicChatter #blog #research #SlowScholarship

  9. Ok, so writing *is* happening. Not the way I usually spend the last week of my summer vacation, but perhaps I'll finally get this damn article out of my head…

    hcommons.social/@fgraver/11699

    #Writing #AcademicWriting #AcademicLife

  10. So. Those of you from #Academia and with some experience finishing (note the emphasis on *finishing*, not just writing) articles for publication. At what point does one stop reading «just this one more article that will surely make all the difference» and just get down to writing…?

    #AcademicWriting #AskingForAFriend

  11. We need more colloquialisms and common-use words in scientific writing; it is becoming too stiff and stifled (and also less legible and accessible).

    #AcademicChatter #AcademicWriting

  12. "In retrospect, these strategies were a form of authorial self-preservation."

    Autoethnography of the rhetorical and emotional dimensions of writing about study limitations:
    journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/

    The paper draws on 8 manuscripts, 17 drafts, 22 #PeerReview by the author, journal entries, and email exchanges.

    Interesting reflections & it illustrates the challenges and questions, especially if one has not written many manuscripts, yet.

    #AcademicChatter #AcademicWriting #NightshiftEditor #ECRs

  13. Ein Schritt weiter Richtung Doktor: Druckfahne zurück an Journal. Yes!

    Slow but steady... nja, mehr slow als steady. Aber: weiter.

    #Academia #AcademicWriting #LearningExperienceDesign #phdlife

  14. Anzeichen, an denen man erkennt, dass eine studentische Arbeit mutmaßlich mit KI-Unterstützung geschrieben wurde oder Medienkompetenz komplett fehlt, Teil 73:

    Auf der Titelseite wurde das Fakultätslogo aus der eingescannten Aufgabenstellung als schiefe Rastergrafik genutzt, obwohl man das Logo natürlich auch auf der Webseite (cd.ovgu.de/Fakult%C3%A4ten/Ele) oder sogar ganz einfach in unserer #TeXLaTeX-Vorlage (de.overleaf.com/latex/template) findet.

    #AcademicWriting #ScientificWriting

  15. Five Common Mistakes Researchers Make (Avoid Them)

    Five Common Mistakes New Engineering Researchers Make (And How to Avoid Them) By Dr. Ochonogor Onyeka Franklin Starting a research career is exciting, but it can also be overwhelming. Whether you're pursuing a master's degree, a PhD, or your first engineering research project, you'll quickly discover that research is very different from studying for examinations. There are no model answers, and progress often comes through persistence, curiosity, and learning from mistakes. Looking back on […]

    dronyekafo.wordpress.com/2026/

  16. 📣 Das #KWISchreibwochenende für Promovierende steht wieder vor der Tür! Vom 9.-11. Okt. können Promovierende der #GeiWi & #SoWi der #UARuhr hier gemeinsam intensiv an ihren Arbeiten schreiben und in den Austausch mit Gleichgesinnten treten.

    ⏰ Anmelden bis zum 15.08.
    👉 shorturl.at/SUbNd

    @ruhr-uni-bochum.de
    @RRC_wisskomm

    #Promotion #Workshop #Writing #AcademicWriting #academia

  17. Blog post on writing today: Editing isn’t one giant fix-everything move. Different kinds of revision need different kinds of attention; trying to do it all at once is a great way to freeze. Choose your horizon!

    silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

    #AmWriting #writetips #AcademicWriting #Revision #Drafting #WritingLife #AcademicChatter #blog #Research

  18. "A rational case for a critical realist theory of academic writing" has today been accepted for publication in the Journal of #CriticalRealism

    Basically, #AcademicWriting
    must be emancipatory, educative, committed to truth.

    Hoaxes, #IELTS, #GAI
    don't meet the criteria.

    #AcWri
    #ExplanatoryCritique