Resources

Getting started: research & publishing

Peer review

• Peer review should be an honest, but collegial, conversation

• The golden rule of reviewing (PDF)

Statistics & analysis

• A protocol for conducting and presenting results of regression-type analyses (PDF)

• A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems (PDF)

• Good enough practices in scientific computing

Scientific writing

• Writing a scientific article: A step-by-step guide for beginners

Useful websites

• College Tables

  • • A comprehensive filterable database of post-secondary institutions across the US

• DMPTool

  • • A browser-based tool to write comprehensive data management plans

• Field Inclusive

  • • An organization focused on supporting and amplifying marginalized voices in natural resources research and academia

• Happy Git and GitHub for the useR

  • • Detailed instructions for getting started with git and R

• Dr. Zoë Ayres: Mental Health Resources for Academics

  • • Includes links to Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD, a book about mental health in academia, and free mental health informational posters

• The Professor Is In

  • • Resources and opinion pieces about academia and graduate studies

Miscellaneous external resources

• Creating a personal academic website

• How to write a student travel award application

• Proteus - Darryl MacKenzie: Statistics how-to and occupancy modeling (YouTube)

• The importance of stupidity in scientific research (PDF)

• Tips for sharing your research online

• Tips for working with the media