Mrs. Jodie Boisvert (She/ Her/ Hers) is a first-generation, first-year PhD student attending school at Florida Atlantic University in the United States. She is studying Anthropology and Political Science in hopes of obtaining an academic, industry, or political career that will allow her to use her research to design and implement culturally appropriate policies that will positively impact our society's most vulnerable. Mrs. Boisvert is currently working on a project identifying barriers to employment for refugees living in Norway. Follow her on Twitter: @Jodie_Boisvert

To Be or Not To Be (a Reviewer 2): Should I Review Articles as a PhD Student?

For the wheels to continue turning in research, we need reviewers. Although often a thankless endeavour (littered with Reviewer 2 jokes), acting as a gatekeeper for the integrity of your research field remains vital. As a PhD student, you may find the process of reviewing a manuscript pretty novel, but a reviewer request email may enter your inbox in the near future. This article guides you through the pros and cons of reviewing articles.

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SciSpace Agent Review: The Most Powerful Research Tool?

In this blog post, I’ll show you four things you can do with the new SciSpace Agent: identifying research gaps, supporting your literature reviews, auto-generating posters, and finding the right journal for your paper. Instead of jumping between separate tools, the agent integrates 150+ research tools and databases (PubMed, Google Scholar, arXiv, grants.gov, and more) alongside SciSpace’s own features, including a database of 280M+ papers.

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