Great video! Could you please make a video/give suggestions on how to approach potential collaborators for intiating a collaboration? I always find that difficult and awkward when you don't know the person, and I end up shying away. Some tips on this would really help. Thanks!

I am in the process of submitting the article and the video is useful for a better understanding of the cover letter.

Thank you so much. Succinct!

Thanks a million!

Thank you very much sir

Great info Dr.!!!

Thank you for this positive video. A refreshing take amidst the narratives out there...

Hi Sir, could you please provide advice how to reply to a vague letter about 'no progress' letter to cast a student out but didn't or doesn't provide any info about what or where to improve?

Hi sir, our peer from a lab has faced the most horrible toxicity. What to do to help? Our friend was the only grad student in the lab and nobody else supervision committee but PI. Apparently later she found the PI also didn't have any students for a long time though this PI has been in tenure for a long time. She experienced very poor management. PI took her results and did not let her publish, proper recognition to work and support to eligible bursaries etc. Then she raised this to a bit higher up to get help of other people for example to add a couple of other PIs to supervision committee. At that point, PI went on leave and dumped her to a random PI. And set a situation where PI and PI''s dept colleagues did not let her receive advice from anyone else internal/external, did not let her transfer, and did not let her use her own substantive work to write the dissertation. They put unreasonable conditions for her to delay and not complete the dessertatikn for years. And to perish. They also forced her to change her dissertation last minute and to by copying PI''s publications that has little to do with her projects. She was never given written advice for her writing. When she provided reasons to why she cannot do that, they then breach her privacy publicly and disclose private information to various parties within dept and higher up. The irony is higher up is mostly filled with department lot. It is so horribly scary and heartbreaking what they have been doing to her. She really needs to get at least part of thesis qualification if not full PhD. She has been trying to go elsewhere but they are treating her like 'die staying or quit'. Do you know how to help her? Big struggle to see a friend dying. Why and how on can they do this to an innocent decent person?

Thank you sir. You just summed up and gave the most honest picture.

I believe this is in fact a quite natural behavior where the key word behind is inquisitiveness. Unfortunately it has been faded away by modern education systems and life style.

This really helps me alot! Sometimes I am just overwhelmed by the info from too many sources

Thank you so very much. This information feels literally like a road map. Appreciate it.

Thank you for such a comprehensive overwiew! You just got a subscriber😍

oop i messed up step 1

i wish to write one. thank you for your motivation

How to make research labs more creative. A shout-out to the MSc-course that I taught, where this is one of the topics that was discussed. Please let me know in the comments if I forgot something that works, and I hope you find this video useful, irrespective of if you are a PI, postdoc, PhD student, student or staff member.

Thank you for the video! I have an interview in 2 days and I'll try to implement your advice as well as I can. One question I have thought about is "do you usually (or have plans to) collaborate with other groups from the institute?" I'm an astrophysicist and multimessenger astronomy/astrophysics is very in vogue now.

If all your competitors also watched this video...then you will have to count on luck.😊

As usual, a pleasure to hear your useful advices. I think another area of research where one can be(come) quite creative is in the writing. For example when you're editing your draft to make it more concise and engaging, re-phrasing/re-structuring text. Stephen Heard has wonderful writings about that. Thanks

Thanks! that was really helpful!

Great insight 🎉❤

Now I could know at many places (ideas, research design, scientific articles) I have been creative. Thanks, Rilling.

wow thats a little niche, but just what i was looking for

Thank you professor for sheding light on this issue. I will for sure check your paper. Bravo for the choice of the catchy title. Please keep inspire us (junior scientists) it is really inspiring to have people like you in Academia.

We are grateful for all this useful information, Prof. Rillig! Regarding the first contact, I would like to ask you whether we should also attach a research proposal. Thanks in advance!

Thinking about creativity in the research process, most people will perhaps just come up with 'having new ideas for research'. But there is way more....this video explains! Let me know what you think in the comments! :)

Thanks for the nice introduction to the systematic mapping of the literature. Are there any tools/software to help do systematic mapping, e.g., making the tree diagram to link different literature?

This is very helpful thank you for making these videos. In regards to talking about fit with the institution, what do these slides tend to look like? Are they mainly bullets? And how fleshed out should potential collaborations be?

Thanks for bringing a positive and helpful contribution to KZfaq academic content. It seems many people who post academic videos on youtube are fueled by anger over bad experiences or try to offer cheat-codes and hacks rather than just provide honest, solid advice for doing good work and succeeding. Highly Recommended!

Greetings from Colombia c: wonderful video, I will definitely apply this topic in my research. Thanks!

Thanks! Really helpful! I got a question, what do you think of if I got 2 rejections from the first journal? First rejection: When 3 reviewers comment back. Second rejection: When I went through and answered each comment, the editor sent a second round of reviewing process (another 1.5 months), but the editor still rejected it currently. In the editor's email, he still welcomes to resubmit, like resubmission of a thoroughly revised manuscript may be considered. I am confusing, is it good for resubmit it again or change to another journal? What are you going to do this?

Thanks for this wonderful video on a critical topic.

Hi, your videos are very helpful. I have a query: If someone has to choose between a top 10 QS-ranked university with challenging work outside their PhD field and a 100-200 ranked university with work that fits their expertise, which should they go for? How important is the university's ranking for future postdoctoral opportunities?

Really informative sir. I am applying for postdoc positions in agricultural economics, behavioral economics in Germany. I have a query on funding.. Either I get monthly funding or how sir?? Blocked funding is necessary for postdocs??? kindly clarify me this in this regard.

I did publish an indexed article in springer , and I keep receiving e-mails about publishing the article as a book chapter ... should I consider this offer ? Thank you in advance for your response.

I missed the integrative literature review, which is a valuable option

Wondering if this video was there 6 months ago, life would have been so easy. Thanks!

Synthesizing the ever-growing academic literature is an important skill in academia and science in general. Most will know about narrative reviews and meta-analysis; but perhaps systematic mapping is a less well-known option. In this video, I explain the difference among these three approaches, how a systematic mapping is done, and what you can do with the results. Have you heard of this? Have you tried this out? Please let me know in the comments! 😀

What to do if phd guide is moody and wants perfect results in the initial 4-5 months of phd. ( PS- student is new to the lab and techniques)

Thank you for spreading positivity!

You give great advice in all your videos! I have a post-doc interview next week😄

This video collects some of my thoughts and experiences on the topic of friendship and collaboration. Please let me know what you think. What aspects could I cover in future videos on this topic?

Very insightful

Thank you for sharing your experience!!

Bless sir

Thank you!

Thank You

Do we write opinion paper on an already published article and can we do critique in it like we do in a letter to exitor?? Please reply i will be really thankful