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Amina Yonis, PhD

@DrAminaYonis

Oct 26, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X

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Don’t waste time using ChatGPT for your academic research needs.

It provides incorrect references and out-of-date information.

Instead use AI-powered tools that are designed for academics:

Search and Discovery

AI-Powered Search Engines - Use AI-enhanced search engines to help you find relevant articles, books, and scholarly sources more efficiently.

For this, R Discovery provides you with a feed tailored to your research interests.

Literature Organisation

Reference Management Software - Tools like Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote can help you organise and manage your references.

MyBib has a Chrome extension which allows for importing, adding and formatting references.

Content Summarisation

Text Summarisation Tools - AI-based summarisation tools can help you generate concise summaries of articles, making it easier to extract key information from a large number of sources.

For this, ChatPDF is a great tool to understand research papers.

Literature Review Writing

Generate outlines to jumpstart your literature review. For example, you can input your key points and let AI generate a draft, which you can then refine and expand upon.

is a great option to help overcome writer's block. Jenni.ai

Grammar and Proofreading

Grammar and Proofreading Tools - AI-powered grammar and spell checkers to assist in improving the overall quality of your writing.

For this, Paperpal is a powerful option tailored for academic writing.

Collaboration and Feedback

Use collaboration platforms which may incorporate AI tools for real-time collaboration and feedback from peers or advisors.

Again, R Discovery works well for creating shared reading lists and collaboration.

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Amina Yonis, PhD

@DrAminaYonis

Jan 19, 2024

There is no PhD without critical discussion.

Here are 6 strong examples of ways to be critical in a thesis:

1. Comparative Analysis

Compare and contrast different theories, methodologies, or findings relevant to your research question. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.

Evaluate how your research builds upon or challenges existing frameworks.

2. Identifying Limitations

Acknowledge the limitations of your own research design, data collection methods, or theoretical framework. Discuss how these limitations may impact the validity and generalisability of your findings.

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Amina Yonis, PhD

@DrAminaYonis

Dec 20, 2023

You CAN write a research paper in a weekend using AI.

Here’s how Paperpal Copilot can automate the writing process in just 6 steps:

Bookmark this for all your writing in the new year!

First, signup to Paperpal - it’s free and you can start to use it straight away.

Paperpal allows you to write, edit and submit faster, meaning you can take a draft to a finished product in just a few hours.

Step 1 - Generate introduction outline

Supercharge your writing process by generating an introduction outline which gives you a starting point.

Paperpal Copilot instantly gives you a comprehensive research introduction outline, which breaks down each section.

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Amina Yonis, PhD

@DrAminaYonis

Nov 1, 2023

Academics spend hundreds of hours searching for literature. Instead, use shared reading lists to half your reading time.

R Discovery is a free AI-powered app that promotes human-generated organised reading lists.

This is how you can work smarter:

Step 1 - download the R Discovery app.

Create a tailored reading feed and adjust your research interests by selecting topics to follow.

This feed builds recommendations and will send new and relevant research papers to you regularly.

To conduct a literature search, start by exploring top papers that are based on topics you follow.

This presents research papers that are the most relevant to you, saving you hours on running manual searches on databases.

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Amina Yonis, PhD

@DrAminaYonis

Oct 28, 2023

Here's are questions to ask yourself when reflecting and critiquing research papers:

(1) consider a counter-argument - an objection, alternative, or problem that a
skeptical reader might raise

(2) define your terms or assumptions (what do I mean by this term? what am I assuming here?)

(3) handle a newly emergent concern (but if this is so, then how can X be?)

(4) draw out an implication (so what? what might be the wider significance of the argument I have made? what might it lead to if I’m right? or, what does my argument about a single aspect of this suggest about the whole thing? or about the way people live and think?)

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Amina Yonis, PhD

@DrAminaYonis

Oct 6, 2023

Stop using ChatGPT or Quillbot to perfect your academic writing.

These platforms are not designed for academics.

Instead, use Trinka which is a free AI-powered app.

Trinka is an online grammar checker and language correction AI tool made specifically for academic writing.

It can detect errors that generic spelling correctors like Grammarly wouldn’t.

Here are 5 of my favourite Trinka features:

Advanced Grammar and Spelling Checks

Trinka can correct issues with sentence structure, word choice, usage and style.

In particular, their advanced contextual checks ensure that you get grammar suggestions based on your subject area.

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Amina Yonis, PhD

@DrAminaYonis

Sep 18, 2023

You don't need to spend hours finding and reading research papers.

This NEW impressive hack will make the process fast and easy.

Use a free AI-powered tool called Elicit:

Elicit have just released their new version which includes set workflows that can extract information and data from hundreds of papers in seconds.

1. Find scientific research papers

Here, you can get a table of published research papers related to your question or topic.

I asked Elicit a question and it presented me with the top papers to answer this question. You can also add columns to extract different bits of data.