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On the importance of taking a step back and checking in on those around us.
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ALT A nature scene in the background with a foreground message that reads "In the fast paced world of research, it's easy to get caught up in the pursuit of knowledge and forget about the people behind the work. Let's take a moment to emphasize the importance of checking in on the well-being of our fellow colleagues, students, and peers."

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Headline "so every single one of these opens tabs contains valuable information you'll return to?". Underneath, it looks like some kind of mental health facility where a patient sits opposite a support person.

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That thing you keep putting off? Get started.
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Over-hyped and will have a breakdown then? 😅
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The paper got retracted (not really). Congrats!
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Hello little one 🦢
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Agreed?
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Yeah, I definitely have time for that other task, no worries
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University: we value DEI The conference panel:
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I think this line of thinking applies to academia and industry. It can be difficult to not think about work when you're not at work. It's something I've worked hard to overcome, so I feel free to relax and mentally refresh.
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Replying to @JDS_Adam
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#Auroraborealis
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Vid call job interview
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Still makes me laugh
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This probably doesn't need to be said, but don't learn statistics from a racist.
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Replying to @A_Jesse_A_
Couldn't agree more
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Replying to @ThePhDPlace
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We would like to thank the reviewers for their helpful suggestions.
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Me: Feeling good today, relaxed, things are going well. My anxiety:
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Easter weekend visit. Where was I? To narrow it down, it's in the UK :)
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I'm 3 (&9) but want to be 5, how about you?
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One of my all-time favorite tweet replies, courtesy of @BrentRisky 😂👌
A tweet that asks "What do you use to make posters? Wrong answers only". There's a reply to that tweet by user @BrentRisky that says "As a feminist scholar, obviously I use a mixture of menstrual blood, interpretive dance, and men's tears xx"

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Our new website is currently in development (hooray!), but we're still offering our academic proofreading and copy-editing services. Contact: [email protected]

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Replying to @keith_giles

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Replying to @djsoulsister @VanCarlito2003

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Replying to @louisekwarteng

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We would like to thank reviewers 2 and 3 for their helpful suggestions.
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All done - you have an embedded Map within your notes. From here, you can click on papers to see their details. For example, click on "Source" to open the original paper. Or, rearrange the Map axes to prioritise your reading list based on different measures like reference count
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3 - Go to your notes Go to where you keep notes for your papers. In this example, we use Obsidian. Paste the code right in, and update the min-height to 600px. Hit enter. Keep in mind, this also works in Notion, or anywhere you can embed Litmaps iframes.
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2 - Copy the embed code Click on "Share" at the top right, then "Embed this map in a webpage". Copy that embed code. You can also change display options like axes, titles, etc. By default, the Map will be dynamic and responsive where it's embedded.
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1 - Go to your Map Find the Map you want to embed from Litmaps If you want more details on how to set up a Map, see our recent thread here: buff.ly/3KPYaPo
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Quickly access papers directly from within your notes. How? Use an embedded map of all your project's papers. Do this for yourself in just a few steps using @LitmapsApp and @obsdmd notes. #ad
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4: Spot review papers Review papers are easy to spot when you visualise by Reference count and Citation count. In this map on co-composting papers, the review papers are the top two according to these measures.
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3: Find new trailblazers When looking for new papers that made a big impact, you can't use citation count alone. It'll be skewed towards earlier publications. Instead, use "Momentum" - that's citation count adjusted for time. A couple new, exciting papers reveal themselves.
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2: Spot the most impactful and central papers Citation count is a good measure for impact but a paper can be impactful without being central to your topic. That's where Map Relevance comes in. It tells how well-connected each paper is. (Click on the Legend to change the axes)
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1: Find the most recent, impactful work Look at papers towards the top right of the Map. These will be relatively recent papers with the most citations. When tackling a new topic, these can be a great place to start to see what are the most recent, important contributions.
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All your papers are represented as nodes. Connected papers cite or reference one another. By default, the map is sorted by Citation Count on the y-axis and Date of publication on the x-axis. Save your Map so in the later steps we can change the axes to prioritise papers.
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Import your papers into the Map Click on "Add Articles" -> "Import from Reference Manager" and upload the appropriate file. If you want to use papers you found in other ways, you can also search for articles by title, DOI, author, etc. by using "Search for Articles".
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Go to Maps within the Litmaps app by clicking it on the sidebar. Here, just click "New Map" to get started.
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First, here's how to set up a Literature Map. Try it with a set of papers you need to go through. If you're already using a reference manager like Zotero or Mendeley, just export your collection as a BibTeX.
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Finding papers is no problem, but finding the ones you really care about is hard. Literature maps give you perspective to quickly identify and prioritise papers. Here are 4 ways to quickly find important papers using the free tool, Litmaps. #ad
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Want to find the most recently impactful papers? You can't use citation count OR date alone -- since older papers always have more citations. Instead, use "Momentum". This is citation count adjusted for time. Plus, you can adjust how strong the date correction is.
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Want to find the paper with the most breadth on your topic? Then sort by "Map Relevance" - that orders your papers based on how connected they are to the rest of the collection. Here, one clear paper comes to the top, which may be a great starting place to read on this topic.
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By default, the Map is sorted by Date on the x-axis and Citation Count on the y-axis. If you wanted to prioritise by recency or impact - you can already see this from the Map. But, there are plenty of other options too. Click on the legend at the bottom left to change them.
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We've collected all these papers - but how do we now effectively prioritise where to start? We'll visualise all our papers in one citation map and use different characteristics to quickly rank which paper is most important to start with. Click "View as a Map" from Collection.
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Now, save all the papers to your Collection by clicking "Save to Library" and selecting your collection. From here, you can also export right out of Litmaps to a BibTeX, CSV, or RIS - so you import these papers into your reference manger (Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley etc).
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Click on any relevant paper in the sidebar. Just like before, we'll save these and add them to our growing collection. When you're done going through the recommended papers, click "Finish".
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Litmaps Discover will find the most relevant papers: those that connect the most to the papers in your collection. You can explore papers in the sidebar - click "Details" to see their abstracts. Or, click around the ring of the Discover visualisation.
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