Some time ago, I received the following question from a reader (edited for anonymity): I have just found your blog and I am starting to read. I don't know exactly why, by I want to directly write to you a…
When I started working in Ecuador in 2013, there was no specified tenure and promotion system. As a result of changes to higher education in that period of time, such a system was developed over the subsequent years, and I…
This post is part of the series PhD Talk for AcademicTransfer: posts written for the Dutch academic career network AcademicTransfer, your go-to resource for all research positions in the Netherlands. These posts are sponsored by AcademicTransfer, and tailored to those…
Becoming a parent is a life-changing event, and it also changes how one acts at work. For me, I clearly notice that becoming a parent changed me as a person, and also as a researcher and academic. Today, I want…
Going through my pending questions to address in Q&A posts, I found this short question: I recently sent an article to a journal and they turn to me and ask to precise the dates I accessed some reference I cited…
I received the following question through the blog (edited out some details to maintain anonymity): Dear Sir/Madam, With due Respect, I would like to request that kindly help me with some of your advice for obtaining admission to the PhD…
And rankings and papers are not the most important. I hope that my students will remember me as fondly as I remember my daily supervisor from my PhD - I hope my legacy is to be compassionate, helpful, guiding, a…
Some time ago, I received the following question (edited for anonymity): I am an aspiring PHD student and i want to know how i can narrow down my research topic. it has various aspects to it. i am confused on…
The 2021 version of the Ioannidis ranking of scientist was published a few weeks ago on the Elsevier page. The description of this dataset is as follows: Citation metrics are widely used and misused. We have created a publicly available…
When I work in the Netherlands, I go to the faculty canteen with my colleagues for lunch and have an enjoyable lunch break. When I work in Ecuador, I don't have good habits for my lunch break. When I returned…