RE: https://fediscience.org/@JordiCabot/115586281646491149

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I’m very happy to share that my latest research "Budo on the Spectrum: Self-Reported Benefits of Autistic Adults Engaged in Japanese Martial Arts" is now published in the Journal of Martial Arts Research (DOI: 10.25847/jomar.2025.62).

Many thanks to all the practitioners who contributed. ^_^

Full-text available from: https://www.academia.edu/145172724/Budo_on_the_Spectrum_Self_Reported_Benefits_of_Autistic_Adults_Engaged_in_Japanese_Martial_Arts_A_Mixed_Methods_Exploration .

#karate #kendo #iaido #budo #autism #neurodiversity #academiclife

MY NEW BOOK is out! 🎉📘

"How to Survive (and Thrive) in Research" is now published. It distills over 20 years (yes… that many!) of lessons, mistakes, and the occasional success into something practical and (I hope) entertaining for anyone beginning their research journey.

Across more than 150 pieces of advice, I share the unspoken (and, you know me, someetimes slightly controversial) truths every junior researcher should know to save countless hours of frustration, help navigate academic life , and make the research path more understandable and manageable.

And I’m proud to say I’ve already sold my first copy… to my mom ❤️ (always the early adopter).

If you want to get your own copy:
📘 Amazon: https://lnkd.in/e6TG2Wpw

For updates, complementary material, and additional resources:
🌐 Book website: https://research-rants.com

If you know PhD students, postdocs, or early-career researchers, I’d truly appreciate if you could share this post or pass the link along. 🙏
Excited (and relieved!) to finally share this with the community.

#research #academia #phd #phdlife #phdchat #scientist #academiclife

Book progress report: chapter 3 completed, four more to go.

Bulgakov's Yeshua says to Pilate "Telling the truth is easy and pleasant" ("Правду говорить легко и приятно")... I completely agree about "pleasant" but god I wish it were easier.

#writing #books #author #literature #academiclife #nonfiction

📚 Fifteen years of my personal BibTeX database!

Fifteen years ago, I started keeping my own BibTeX database — just a plain text file edited manually, line by line.
Later I switched to JabRef, and everything became much smoother!

Over the years, the database has grown to almost 2,000 entries — and it’s no longer just a list of references, but a snapshot of the knowledge I’ve interacted with.
Because I always fill in the Abstract field, full-text search now lets me literally “remember everything.”

Among all my long-term “personal productivity” projects, this one has turned out to be the most valuable.

#KnowledgeManagement #OpenScience #BibTeX #JabRef #PersonalKnowledgeBase #LaTeX #ResearchTools #DigitalResearch #DataScience #AcademicLife #Linux

This is all very shocking (though predictable) and stuff, but to me the most shocking thing about it is that the author did not withdraw her paper from what manifestly is a fraudulent journal. Any kind of patronage encourages malpractice.

https://jilltxt.net/ai-copyediting-how-paperpal-butchered-my-paper-on-ai-generated-writing/

#AI #AcademicPublishing #AcademicLife

It's only shortly past 8 in the morning, but I need to #vent.
I just overheard a new #tenure track assistant #professor talk about how they got there.
In a nutshell, they haven't left the department since their master studies and stumbled into the tenure process by accident.

I am (kinda) happy for them, but I am also so incredibly fucking jealous!

I have switched not only university but country after every degree/job, so by now I live in country number 5 since starting by studies.
The longest I've been in the same country was during my #PhD plus pandemic and unemployment for over a year.

Especially older #academics don't seem to understand this, because whenever I mention any of this I encounter completely blank stares. Note, I'm in a department where most senior staff is local and celebrating 15-35+ years at the same employer.

I'm in my mid-30, I don't want to move every few years when my temporary contract ends.
I want to be able to plan more than 1-2 years at a time.

I absolutely love doing #research, but I hate so many aspects of #academic culture or what has been normalized over the years for #AcademicLife.
I plan on staying in #academia despite of it.

#Rant over, time to calm down and sip my tea.

#PostDocLife #PhDLife #academicchatter #MyLifeAsAnAcademic #AcademicMastodon #tenuretrack

I try my best not to take on too many projects at once, but no matter what, I always find myself with more on my plate than I should....

I guess this is just #AcademicLife?

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