Our favourite sites


Many of our members are creators, organisers, moderators, administrators and members of communication- or research-related networks, project sites, and group sites. Any member can request a link to other sites on this page. We will limit the number of links here to 20...

My country


These country focus groups are for members working in each country, and any other members who wish to join. Meet people in each country here. We invite: discussion of research, research communication, science education generally, in each country, and offers and...

Need help?


[See also : 'How to use this site' or general FAQ].     Return to MAIN page   Looking for an academic editor or translator before submitting a paper?   Editing and translating may be the most-commonly needed services for researchers...

CrossRef (linking citations)


A not-for-profit network (Crossref.org) supported by many publishers, with a mandate to support effective reference (citation) linking throughout online scholarly literature. The organisation has created an infrastructure for linking citations across publishers. It uses the...

File formats


Wikipedia has a comprehensive list of computer file formats and their sources. It is a zoo out there. The list includes many rare and exotic species, but also all the common kinds: .txt, .pdf, .doc, etc.

All occupations


After posting an offer or request in one of the main forums, cross-post the same message to relevant group below (or cross-post the URL). Further groups can be added on request. editors and proofreaders  (substantive, grammar, spelling, layout, copyediting, proofs)...

All member groups


bloggers, editors and proofreaders, the image workshop  (cartographers, illustrators, photographers), translators, other networks (social networks our members created or represent) publishers and journals, researchers, students and teachers, volunteers (for any area of...

My Topic


Which topics are of special interest to you? In each topic area, introduce relevant journals and publishers, discuss issues related to research, communication, media and education; report new papers and books published; support relevant journals and publishers, and...
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