ConservationBytes.com

© N. Russill

Here’s a list of ‘how-to’ (or ‘how-not-to’) posts that students — and even some seasoned scientists — might find useful.

• Journal editors struggling to find reviewers — there are some bloody good reasons why (07/05/2025)
• Promoting diversity in the lab (15/08/2022)
• Never underestimate the importance of a good figure (27/07/2022)
• Be wise about what you put online (21/03/2022)
• Wondering if you should apply for a DECRA? (07/02/2022)
• How to manage your academic stress (31/01/2022)
• Want a permanent DOI assigned to your data and code? Follow this simple recipe (02/11/2021)
• Smoothing over content issues with co-author agreements (07/10/2021)
• Plan B: COVID-19 challenges for field-based PhD students (08/12/2020)
• Giving the perfect seminar at a job interview (02/11/2020)
• I’m nearing the end of my PhD/postdoc … What the hell am I supposed to do now? (13/07/2020)
• Queer science (18/06/2020)
• University rankings are questionable at best (23/09/2019)
• Being empathetic for better interdisciplinary (04/06/2019)
• 11 things academic research and surfing have in common (02/05/2019)
• Skydive your PhD (23/04/2019)
• Good English and the scientific career: hurdles for non-native English speakers (13/02/2019)
• Science + music = productivity (17/05/2018)
• Prioritising your academic tasks (18/04/2018)
• To share, or not to share, is no longer the question (07/01/2018)
• When to appeal a rejection (25/08/2017)
• How to respond to reviewers (30/06/2017)
• Credit for reviewing & editing — it’s about bloody time (15/03/2017)
• Dealing with rejection (08/02/2017)
• Tips for scientists to deal with the media (21/11/2016)
• How to rank journals (18/02/2016)
• Getting your conservation science to the right people (22/01/2016)
• The sticky subject of article authorship (02/10/2015)
• How to give a scientific presentation (14/08/2015)
• Twenty tips for writing a research proposal (04/05/2015)
• How to contact a potential PhD supervisor (01/04/2015)
• Write English well? (27/01/2015)
• Give some flair to your scientific presentation (18/11/2014)
• How to review a scientific paper (30/09/2014)
• Time to put significance out of its misery (28/07/2014)
• Don’t torture your readers III (23/06/2014)
• Be a good reviewer, but be a better editor (06/06/2014)
• Scientists should blog (27/05/2014)
• Work-life balance (16/12/2013)
• Making the scientific workshop work (28/10/2013)
• Making science matter (14/10/2013)
• Early to press is best for success (19/09/2013)
• How to make the most of a conference (05/09/2013)
• Learning how to fail (06/06/2013)
• Take credit for your work (06/05/2013)
• Software tools for conservation biologists (08/04/2013)
• Why every scientist needs an online profile (31/01/2013)
• Rocking the scientific boat (14/12/2012)
• Advice for getting your dream job in conservation science (04/12/2012)
• How to write a scientific paper (22/10/2012)
• Conservation value of paddy-wagon currency (12/05/2012)
• A supervisor’s lament (05/09/2011)
• Getting conservation stakeholders involved (14/04/2011)
• Conservation Biology students’ wonder Wiki (08/10/2010)
• Blogito ergo sum (22/09/2010)
• Supercharge your science (10/09/2010)
• Conservation biologist’s toolbox (31/08/2010)
• Make your conservation PhD relevant (23/04/2010)
• How to be more prolific (01/04/2010)
• Interacting with the media (01/04/2010)
• Out of touch, impractical and irrelevant (08/07/2009)
• Don’t torture your readers II (22/02/2009)
• Don’t torture your readers (09/02/2009)