Thread by @SHendriks_PhD

Top 5 tools that I used during my #PhD and continue to use throughout my early #research career.

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If you have tools you find helpful I'm always looking for new ways to improve my workflow 👌

1.For Managing Content I use: @Pocket – Free add-in to Google Chrome that allows you to save tabs from across the web and then read them in Pocket at a later time. I used this to save articles and content that I want to come back to at a later date.

2.For Project Management I use: @trello - a visual collaboration tool where you can create shared project workspaces. I use this to create collaborative working spaces, manage project timelines, create to do lists, and celebrate achieving project milestones.

3.For Writing Templates and Ideas I use: @OpenAcademics – the academic writing resources has great templates for curating a CV, cover letters, grant writing, literature review, writing manuscripts and more.

4.For Academic Writing Support I use: The Academic Phrase Bank (by Dr John Morley) – purchase online for £5. The phrase bank contains common phrases for academic writing broken down into sections e.g. introducing the work, describing the results, writing conclusions

5.For Creating High Res Figures I use: @RStudio The use of ggplot for graphing was much easier to create customised and high res figures for publication than excel @Rstudio cheatsheets are helpful if you don’t have experience working in a coding environment.