Find posts and open-access articles about storytelling in the data collection stage, and in communication about research that reaches diverse readers.

Qualitative online research methods continue to emerge and evolve. Learn more in this post.

Read this guest post about collaboration and action research by Melissa Parenti.

How are scholarly journals changing? See interviews with editors and exemplary articles.

Dr. Helen Kara discusses ways to use writing as a method - a valuable approach for independent or practitioner researchers.

Dr. Kara discusses the input that helped her craft her new book, “Qualitative Research for Quantitative Researchers.”

Three articles about practitioner researcher are open-access for April 2022 only.

This open-access article explores some of the implications of Covid pandemic shutdowns and isolation for female academics.

Find a collection of open-access journal articles about interdisciplinary research.

Find a collection of diverse transdisciplinary research articles. All open-access!

What articles attract readers of the Research Ethics journal? Find a list with links to most-read and cited articles in this open-access journal.

What does Dr. Kate Chatfield, Editor of the Research Ethics journal, have to say about research relevance?

The third post about comics and research in a series by Lydia Wysocki

What articles attract readers of the Big Data & Society journal? Find a list with links to most-read and cited articles in this open-access journal.

What does Dr. Matthew Zoom, Managing Editor of the Big Data & Society journal, have to say about research relevance?

How can you use comics in research?

What articles attract readers of the Social Media + Society journal? Find a list with links to most-read and cited articles in this open-access journal.

Should you blog about your research? What types of academic blogs serve what purpose?

As a researcher, you have an important story to tell, one that can have a positive impact on society. Whether it’s a public health message or a novel technique to share with your peers, everyone is better off when your work is visible.

But academic articles are a tough read and discourage most people. So how do you engage your peers and the public while shining a light on your research?

A well-designed scientific poster tells everyone in the hall a lot about you: about the way you present your work, about your skills in graphic design, about the amount of effort you put into your story. Your poster is your story!