A scholarly rite of passage is learning to accept the frequency of rejection in academic life. Alas, many of us fret about what to do (and not do) after being turned down by a journal. Seasoned ...

A significant proportion of academic journals are published in English, and many international academic conferences are also conducted in English. As such, non-native English speakers often face ...

Ever since I was a graduate student, I have tried to recapture the clarity of purpose I had while working on my dissertation. I got up every morning, made myself a cup of coffee, and sat down at my ...

Last June, I finally got up the nerve to show my wife the novel I’d been working on for almost four years. I didn’t want to—not yet—but after several deadline extensions, I had two months to deliver a ...

How peer review works and tracking your manuscript. Peer review gives research credibility. It offers a chance to improve and strengthen publications so every contribution to the scientific record is ...

My first-ever trip to the Vatican took place after an exhausting overnight train ride to Rome from Paris with two friends — one deeply Catholic, the other Buddhist — when we were all 20 years old. We ...