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Location: Kyoto and Auckland
Work interests: research, editing, science communication
Affiliation/website: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
Preferred contact method: Any
Preferred contact language(s): English, German
Contact: email = researchcooperative-at-gmail-dot-com
Favourite publications: Various, and especially the open access versions of older journals with effective review systems
Work interests: research, editing, science communication
Affiliation/website: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka
Preferred contact method: Any
Preferred contact language(s): English, German
Contact: email = researchcooperative-at-gmail-dot-com
Favourite publications: Various, and especially the open access versions of older journals with effective review systems
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Work: ethnobotany, prehistory, museum curation
Affiliations: 1996-present: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. 1995: Freelance editor, Kyoto. 1994: JSPS Research Visitor, Kyoto University, Kyoto. 1993: Research Visitor, Australian National University, Canberra. 1991: Visiting Researcher, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.1990: STA Fellow, National Institute for Ornamental Plants, Vegetables, and Tea (NIVOT), Ano, Japan
Contact: National Museum of Ethnology, Senri Expo Park, Suita City, Osaka, Japan 565-8511
Biographical: Established the Research Cooperative in 2001
Favourite Publications: Various
Affiliations: 1996-present: National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka. 1995: Freelance editor, Kyoto. 1994: JSPS Research Visitor, Kyoto University, Kyoto. 1993: Research Visitor, Australian National University, Canberra. 1991: Visiting Researcher, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.1990: STA Fellow, National Institute for Ornamental Plants, Vegetables, and Tea (NIVOT), Ano, Japan
Contact: National Museum of Ethnology, Senri Expo Park, Suita City, Osaka, Japan 565-8511
Biographical: Established the Research Cooperative in 2001
Favourite Publications: Various
If you need it, please request volunteer help in our forum for editing requests!
The following message was sent to a member who indicated a need for volunteer help in a comment to the profile page of an editor (another Research Cooperative member). (See this reply in Chinese )
Such commenting is expected and encouraged in the Research Cooperative -- but we also hope that members will make requests for volunteer help in our public forum for editing requests. Today, I sent the following reply to a new member:
Dear (New Member),
If you would like to find an expert volunteer to read a draft research paper, I strongly encourage you to (1) outline the subject and aims of your paper, (2) the intended target audience or publication, and (3) the time constraints you face (if any) -- in an open request for a volunteer in our forum for editing requests .
There should be no reluctance to seek colleagues to review a paper before it is published.
In my view, offering volunteer help, and accepting suitable requests, is a moral and social obligation for all researchers employed by public organisations, in any country, and in any discipline.
The reality may be that in some countries, and some disciplines, voluntary mutual help is not common.
If so, then the Research Cooperative does face an uphill battle to expand the culture of mutual trust and support among researchers around the world. But no matter how difficult this may be, expanding the culture of mutual trust and support remains a major reason for the existence of the Research Cooperative.
This reply is not just for you, but for all members of the Research Cooperative. I am planning to post a version of this reply on my Co-op blog page.
Thanks very much for your participation in the Research Cooperative.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Peter J. Matthews, Kyoto (Network Creator and Admin., Research Cooperative)
Such commenting is expected and encouraged in the Research Cooperative -- but we also hope that members will make requests for volunteer help in our public forum for editing requests. Today, I sent the following reply to a new member:
Dear (New Member),
If you would like to find an expert volunteer to read a draft research paper, I strongly encourage you to (1) outline the subject and aims of your paper, (2) the intended target audience or publication, and (3) the time constraints you face (if any) -- in an open request for a volunteer in our forum for editing requests .
There should be no reluctance to seek colleagues to review a paper before it is published.
In my view, offering volunteer help, and accepting suitable requests, is a moral and social obligation for all researchers employed by public organisations, in any country, and in any discipline.
The reality may be that in some countries, and some disciplines, voluntary mutual help is not common.
If so, then the Research Cooperative does face an uphill battle to expand the culture of mutual trust and support among researchers around the world. But no matter how difficult this may be, expanding the culture of mutual trust and support remains a major reason for the existence of the Research Cooperative.
This reply is not just for you, but for all members of the Research Cooperative. I am planning to post a version of this reply on my Co-op blog page.
Thanks very much for your participation in the Research Cooperative.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Peter J. Matthews, Kyoto (Network Creator and Admin., Research Cooperative)
Excellent! I agree completely, a spirit of co-operation, helpfulness, constructive criticism and general support is essential for researchers, particularly those who are fairly 'green' on the publishing circuit, those who are embarking on a new area of research and/ or are working in a 2nd language. The volunteer side of things is indeed rare, and this makes it all the more important for those of us who are still students and can't afford to pay a pro editor!