Aakash Malik, AMIChemE, CEP

Researcher @UQTR, AMIChemE @IChemE, CEP @OIQ, VRS @CZUvPraze, MSc Biorefinery @Univ_Lille, MSc Thesis @IMTAtlantique, BTech Chemical Engineering @UPESDehradun

[Haroun Bouazzi @HarounBouazzi]

Soyons clairs : je n'ai jamais dit que les personnes élues à l'Assemblée nationale étaient racistes. Je regrette que des collègues l'aient interprété ainsi.

Soulignons que j’ai moi-même dénoncé les pratiques des enseignantes et enseignants mis en cause à l’école Bedford et je maintiens que cette situation choquante et inacceptable doit être corrigée, comme Québec solidaire le soutient depuis le début. 

Ce que j'ai exprimé, c'est mon inquiétude face aux discours quotidiens qui pointent du doigt les personnes immigrantes comme la source d’une énorme partie des problèmes au Québec. C'était le sens de mon propos.

[Aakash Malik, AMIChemE, CEP @aakashupes]

@ToulasTake 2/2 We’re not just visitors; we learn the language, embrace the culture, and give back to the community. Last year there was a talk of encouraging us to stay after post-graduation to boost the workforce, but with constant policy changes, it feels like the ground keeps shifting.

[Art of Life 🦋 @Art0fLife_]

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[Toula Drimonis @ToulasTake]

I do not understand Quebec immigration at all sometimes. It’s saddled with such pointless bureaucracy… A francophone nursing student! Last I checked QC said we were desperate for both, no?
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[Sugar Sammy @sugarsammy]

A warning to future students coming to Quebec

[Mind Essentials @Mind_Essentials]

15 Powerful Visuals About Psychology & Life

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[Aakash Malik, AMIChemE, CEP @aakashupes]

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[MATT GRAY @matt_gray_]

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[Mentalist @TheMentalist_0]

Stop following the rules

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[PHD Comics @PHDcomics]

Knowledge transfer

[Faheem Ullah @Faheem_uh]

PhD Students - 8 tools to help you in your literature review.

Every PhD student needs to conduct a literature review.

A solid literature review takes at least 2-3 months. Using tools, you can reduce this time by 50%.

𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬

1. @LitmapsApp

- Helps you find relevant papers from just a single paper
- Helps you to categorize the papers
- Works with your reference managers (Zotero, etc.)
- Visualize the relationship between papers.
- Share papers via reference manager.
- Get alerts about new papers to add to your literature review.

Link: https://t.co/djhByzyNXk

2. @ConnectedPapers

- Figure out the forward and backward links to a research paper.
- Quantitatively shows the relevance index of papers.
- Visualize the relations between the papers in your literature review.

Link: https://t.co/6EWn5B1j1A

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰

3. 𝐑 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲

- Notifies you as soon as a relevant paper is published.
- Audio stream paper for you to listen to instead of reading.
- Translate papers automatically to your native language.
- Offers automatic integration with Zotero and Mendeley.

Link: https://t.co/1WiEBSzq7h

4. @scite

- Shows you the most relevant papers to a seed paper.
- Determines for you whether other papers agree/disagree to a paper.
- Helps you understand the holistic work done by a lab/organization.
- Notifies you about latest papers published in your research area.

Link: https://t.co/anbwtUq3W4

𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

5. @teampaperpal

- Specifically designed for assisting in scientific writing
- Rephrase confusing sentences
- Offers real-time suggestions for smooth writing
- Simple and very easy to use

Link: https://t.co/QesC1s5Fo7

6. 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲

- Ensures your writing is polished
- Clean up tangled and hard-to-read sentences.

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮�� 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰

𝟕. 𝐙𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨

- Offers automatic citation capture from web pages, PDFS, and other sources.
- Organize and categorize references effortlessly

𝟖. 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥��𝐲

- Integrates very easily with MS word
- Enables you to collaborate and share references with research teams.

Any other tool you found useful for conducting literature review?

[Anna Clemens, PhD @scientistswrite]

15 bookmark-worthy tools for researchers that cost you nothing and will save you time (& nerves) when researching, writing and publishing.

A thread. 🧵

#AcademicTwitter #AcWri #PostDoc

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#1: Track your time with Toggl ⌛

https://t.co/CSjKRFoS0i

• Understand how you are spending your time
• Track how long each task is taking you so you can plan accordingly
• Be more focused on the task at hand

I use Toggl daily.

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#2: Proof-read your papers with Writefull 🔎

https://t.co/vcYBY2XFni

• AI-powered proof-reading tool specifically for scientific texts
• Integrates into Word and Overleaf

Members of my program - the Researchers' Writing Academy - love this one!

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#3: Organise your references with Zotero 🗃️

https://t.co/5svcJL5Jly

• Open-source program
• Saves references from your browser
• Organises them in folders and using tags
• Creates bibliographies for your article
• Lets you co-create citation libraries with co-authors

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#4: Stay focused with Forest 🌳

https://t.co/tToDcNi0Vv

• Start the app when you want to write or deep work
• A virtual tree starts growing
• When you leave the app to do something else, the tree dies
• The larger your forest, the more deep work you got done!

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#5: Discover papers with Research Rabbit 🐰

https://t.co/LsfFCoGGRr

• Build your own citation network
• Label network entries
• Download paper PDFs
• Get alerts for new papers

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#6: Visualise your thoughts with XMind 🧠

https://t.co/vVEhz5GIJl

• Intuitive mindmapping tool
• Embed hyperlinks, images & attachments

Excellent for organising references for review papers or brainstorming the story of your paper!

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#7: Notion 🖥️

https://t.co/rCzNNJVHOr

• Powerful all-rounder
• Note-taking
• Project management
• Wikis & databases

Some members of my program - the Researchers’ Writing Academy - swear by it!

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#8: Listen to scientific papers with Audemic 🎧

https://t.co/947nFj8RQF

• Highlight text while listening
• Take notes
• Get summaries that go beyond the abstract

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#9: Record training or feedback videos with Loom 🎥

https://t.co/16fRAIIYvi

• Record your screen, webcam and/or audio
• Share the video link after recording
• 25x 5-min videos included in free plan

I use this one all the time!

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#10: Project manage your papers with Trello 🗂️

https://t.co/ITAn01Y2R9

• Use lists, cards & checklist to organise the tasks in each project
• Collaborate with co-authors
• Communicate via comment function

PS: We provide you with several Trello templates inside our program!

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#11: Choose your target journal with SciRev 📗

https://t.co/w4gbPzZd1g

• Compare publication speeds, peer review quality and journal statistics
• Contribute your own publishing experiences
• Made by researchers

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#12: Compare journal policies with Transpose ↗️

https://t.co/nHtjkyRPBY

• Compare journal policies on open peer review, co-reviewing and preprint policies

You might be surprised how vague some journals are on these topics!

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#13: Share methods on Protocols 🧪

https://t.co/Z2ZdpWbHWo

• Publish your chemical synthesis protocols, clinical trial descriptions or computational workflows
• Keep them updated
• Receive a DOI
• Run protocols as checklists
• Free for open research

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#14: Cite correctly with CiteAs 💬

https://t.co/uMYRKULRZv

• Obtain the correct citation for preprints, software and datasets in one click
• Open-source tool

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#15: Understand your research landscape with Dimensions 🌆

https://t.co/WAF5uRwmYl

• Analyse all research-related data (grants, papers, patents, datasets, online mentions, clinical trials, policy documents)
• Identify collaborators
• Find who has cited and used your work

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TL;DR - 15 free tools for researchers you should bookmark now

#1: Toggl
#2: Writefull
#3: Zotero
#4: Forest
#5: ResearchRabbit
#6: XMind
#7: Notion
#8: Audemic
#9: Loom
#10: Trello
#11: SciRev
#12: Transpose
#13: Protocols
#14: CiteAs
#15: Dimensions

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However, the best tools won’t make you more efficient at writing papers if you don’t have a streamlined writing process in place.

💻Therefore, if you liked this thread: Watch my free writing training 👇

[Payel Das @payeldas1011]

For someone who’s just starting their PhD, here are some pointers, I wish I knew before I started:
1. Keep all relevant publications at 1 place as they come.
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[Mentalist @TheMentalist_0]

How to deal with passive-aggressive attacks

A thread to make a rude person regret disrespecting you without being aggressive:

[Anna Clemens, PhD @scientistswrite]

The title of your paper is your shop front.

Here are 10 recommendations to write a compelling title for your scientific article.

A thread. 🧵

#AcademicChatter #postdoc