Monthly Archives: September 2013

Polite or critique?

Posted on September 30, 2013 by

Sometimes you get feedback from a person in UK and you are not sure about the meaning between the lines. Question: what does “That’s not bad” really mean? The answer on this question and some funny examples about the meaning … Continue reading →

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Language exercises (free)

Posted on September 14, 2013 by

Some of you might want to improve style and grammar by exercises. This is initially time consuming but maybe in the long run it is worthwhile. Here you find a page for some exercises. Enjoy! Best wishes, Jürgen

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Rating of peer review process available

Posted on September 4, 2013 by

Waiting for decisions from peer review journals depends also on the quality (and especially speed) of the peer reviewers. In a kind of social network approach researchers can now share their experiences on a website: http://www.journalreviewer.org/ Maybe it is worth … Continue reading →

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