How to choose Tutor, how to do well graduate, how to do peer review

Recommended three articles worth reading, it is interesting to note that the topic has "how to".

In the first article, how to Pick a graduate advisor (how to choose a graduate tutor), Ben Barres of Stanford University Medical School was published in Neuron Magazine on October 16, 2013. He gives some very specific advice that should be considered when choosing a postgraduate tutor or post-graduate tutor. He felt that at least three or four aspects should be considered: 1 The first is the area of research you care about, 2) (Mentor's) scientific research Skills, 3) (tutor's) coaching ability; 4) (Mentor) passion for science. Therefore, to choose a good scientist, but also a mentor.

Judging whether a person is a good mentor is not an easy thing to do: Some people study well, but not a good mentor, some people can be like friends, but the scientific guidance of your ability is limited. Barres suggested an index that he found simple but effective in judging the mentor's ability, called the M-index (MENTOR-INDEX), the average of graduate students and post-blogging h-indices that a scientist had mentored. In other words, he thinks a good mentor should be able to make his graduate students do well, so graduate students ' scientific research ability or scientific research output can reflect whether a scientist is a good mentor. The last few days of my blog, the 10 truths that mentors don't tell you, are also about choosing mentors.

Second article, how to is a graduate advisee (how to do graduate), Indira Raman of Northwestern University in the United States was published on January 8, 2014 in Neuron magazine. She felt that graduate students should not become passive recipients of education, but should take the initiative to find their own position. For example, as for science, her advice to graduate students is: 1) recognize that what you do is true science that can bring impact (so be proud and enjoy the process of doing science) (the scientific you're doing is the real thing) ; 2) Don't let yourself get used to failure (for example, learn to experiment with new methods) (Do-not-let-yourself get accustomed to failure); 3) Don't be afraid of anxiety, learn to turn stress into power (Don ' t worry about worrying); 4) The Essence of scientific research is to explore the unknown and not to expect your mentor to teach you anything, so read more literature, communicate with different people, learn to utilize resources (use your); 5) Focus on unusual things (pay attention to The unusual), perhaps one of the results of your experiment that seems to be wrong, happens to be an important discovery. She also gives advice on how to deal with mentors and other colleagues. She also suggests that graduate students should stick to their ideals and be kind to their own lives (focus on work in the lab, but also in the lab to adjust their lives).

The third article, how to become good at Peer-review, a blog post written by Jennifer Raff of the University of Texas at Austin, was PeerJ recommended. Peer review is one of the most important things that can be said to maintain scientific and healthy development, such as scientific publication and evaluation of scientific research, all need to do peer review. Jennifer mainly wanted to give some advice to young scientists. She thinks that doing peer review first has several ethical considerations, such as: 1. Make sure you have enough professional ability to review a paper, 2) to ensure the timeliness of the review, timely return to the results of the review (this is a reflection of the professional spirit of a scientist); 3) take peer review seriously; 4) Avoid prejudice, Avoid wearing personal feelings to do peer review; 5) do not let the rating concept influence the review, do not be frightened by the name "Daniel", research celebrities do not represent the right; 6) respect for confidentiality: do not divulge the information of the manuscript you have reviewed. Jennifer also gives some suggestions on how to judge "Introduction", "Research method" and "result explanation". She also discussed her views on anonymous or open review, as well as peer review after publication.

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How to choose a tutor, how to do a good graduate, how to do peer review