Usman 🇵🇸

MBBS'2021- LUMHS | MSPH'2024- HSA

[WHO Pakistan @WHOPakistan]

Last week, @WHO teams personally examined two children affected by paralytic polio in Pakistan.
Poliovirus is preventable, & we are determined to continue to use medical science & vaccines, which are safe & effective, until we protect every child.
Let’s #EndPolio

[Faheem Ullah @Faheem_uh]

How to write a journal paper for publication?

Your paper should have the following 9 sections.

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Literature Review
4. Methodology
5. Results
6. Discussion
7. Conclusion
8. Acknowledgements
9. References

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

Free 66-page academic writing guide by Victoria University of Wellington

Click the link below to download the guide.

Follow Silvi on LinkedIn for more free resources on academic writing.

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[power of books @Powerofbooks3]

best books worth reading again & again 📖📚

1. The Mountain is You

[Faheem Ullah @Faheem_uh]

New and FREE courses for PhD researchers in 2026

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[Ihtesham Ali @ihteshamali]

PhD students right now:

[Millie Marconi @MillieMarconnni]

After 6 months of using NotebookLM, I can say it's the research tool that has revolutionized my workflow the most.

But only because I learned these 10 prompts.

Here's the complete system that turns 200 pages into clear answers in under an hour:

[Scholarship for PhD @ScholarshipfPhd]

7 Sci-Hub Alternative Websites

Paper you need to ask for payment & can't use sci-hub?

You don't have to pay to read academic papers.
These are 7 sci-hub alternative websites to download papers for free.
👉 Unpaywall --> https://unpaywall. org/

Install this browser extension on Chrome and read the paper directly on the journal website legally and for free.
👉 Open Access Button (OAB) --> https://lnkd. in/dXVVQpUf

Copy and paste the link paper or DOI on the OAB website. This will be accessible on the next page. Legal.
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Like Unpaywall, this Chrome extension allows you to access millions of research papers in one click.
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As the name implies, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) provides access to millions of scientific papers from around the world for free.
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Like Google which is made specifically to search for academic papers. There are more than 250 million papers available for access.
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Especially for lovers of natural sciences and economics, this website provides access to 2.4 million academic papers for free.

Tip: Remove any spaces in the URLs if you encounter issues accessing the websites.

[Niyi Abiri, Ph.D 💻🥃 @xniyi]

Learn research by doing it with AI using https://t.co/VjC9QCqXz8

[Ethan Weber @ethanjohnweber]

I made a Claude Code skill that generates conference posters 🛠️

Instead of a static PDF, it outputs a single HTML file — drag to resize columns, swap sections, adjust fonts, then give your layout back to Claude. 🔁

🔗 Skill 👉 https://t.co/KhYV8anbxL

[Louis Gleeson @aigleeson]

Some dumb researchers still read papers one by one.

Stanford PhD students just use Claude.

Here are 9 prompts that turn 40+ papers into structured literature reviews, knowledge maps, and research gaps in minutes:

[Faheem Ullah @Faheem_uh]

PhD Students - How to generate a graphical abstract in seconds?

1. Go to https://t.co/7M9bw7fFuA
2. Copy and paste your abstract
3. ResearchViz will generate graphical abstract.

You can download it as PPT and make any changes.

[Ihtesham Ali @ihteshamali]

A professor got caught using ChatGPT to write his own lectures.

He would've never been caught if he used this Harvard professor's NotebookLM workflow.

Here's what gave him away and the exact prompts that make it undetectable.

He never opened ChatGPT and typed "write me a lecture on thermodynamics."

His first prompt was always: "Here are my syllabus, my past 3 lectures, and my research papers. Find the concepts my students struggle with most in week 6. Then build an outline that connects those gaps to the assigned readings in my voice."

He wasn't asking AI to write for him.

He was asking AI to think like him.

But the move that made me close my laptop and stare at the ceiling was his second one.

He uploaded two years of student feedback forms into NotebookLM.

Then asked: "Find the pattern in where students felt lost. What am I explaining poorly and how would I fix it based on my own writing style?"

Every other professor was using ChatGPT as a ghostwriter.

He was using NotebookLM as a mirror.

His third prompt was saved as a shortcut on his phone.

"Here are my past lectures and this week's material. Write 3 discussion questions that sound like they came from someone who has taught this course for a decade."

Three prompts. Every single week.

While the caught professor was pasting from ChatGPT, this one was feeding the AI nothing but himself.

The output didn't sound like AI.

Because it wasn't.

He didn't avoid detection by being careful.

He avoided it by never giving the detector anything to find.

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

University of Reading's incredibly detailed and free tutorial on conducting systematic reviews.

Covers:

• What is a systematic review?
• Creating a protocol (PICO and other frameworks)
• Choosing where to search
• Developing a search strategy
• Running and recording your search
• Managing your search results
• Screening and evaluating
• Synthesis and writing it up (including PRISMA)

https://t.co/HkQGKOFd0P

[Muhammad Muneeb @im2muneeb]

How to convert your rough notes into a paper draft in 1 hour?

Here is what you can do:

1. Go to https://t.co/pYjPcaw4KB

2. Upload your rough notes as excel/MS word file

3. Write prompt to specify your requirements

4. NOAH will create a draft paper for you.

#phd

[Abraham E. Gracia R. @Abraham_RMI]

Now, a master piece 📖

[Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @MushtaqBilalPhD]

6 books to help you master literature reviews:

Follow Silvi on LinkedIn for more tips and free resources on systematic reviews and academic writing.

https://t.co/MzEV7UZDVt

[Richard daniel @richardd_000]

Claude FULL COURSE 1 HOUR (Build & Automate Anything)

[Jack @jackcoder0]

BREAKING: Claude can now research like a Stanford PhD student.

Here are 9 insane Claude prompts that turn 40+ research papers into structured literature reviews, knowledge maps, and research gaps in minutes 🧵👇

[Usman 🇵🇸 @usmansarwar21]

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