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Some Useful Resources for Academic Writing:
For reviewing the literature,
Connected Papers is extremely useful. Search for a key paper in your field and find out what texts are similar to this text, based on co-citation and bibliographic coupling (but not direct citation) - and repeat if you wish for newly found papers.
Equally valuable is ResearchRabbit - finding literature is so much easier with these tools!
For writing the darn paper,
Computer scientist Jari Saramäki's "self-help series on writing papers for PhD students" is engaging and helpful; found on his blog "It's Complex". The blog posts were a precursor of his witty book "How to Write a Scientific Paper: An Academic Self-Help Guide for PhD Students" (2018).
Here's a tweet by @MeanestTA that explains very clearly how to structure a paper
This blog post gives excellent advice: Say it once, say it right: Seven strategies to improve academic writing (by Patrick Dunleavy)
Helen Sword's books "Stylish Academic Writing", "the Writer's Diet", and "Air & Light & Time & Space".
And for writing an abstract:
How to construct a Nature summary paragraph (not only useful for Nature...)
For ethnographic writing, I recommend two books,
"From Notes to Narrative: Writing Ethnographies that Everybody can Read" (Kristen Ghodsee, 2016, University of Chicago Press)
"Alive in the Writing: Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov" (Kirin Narayan, 2012, University of Chicago Press)
Before you submit your paper,
check Mirya Holman's pre-submission checklist (and make your own version adapted to yourself).
Recognize a biased list of references:
Jane Sumner's Gender Balance Assessment Tool helps you estimate the percentage of texts by female authors, which can help you see if your articles or syllabi need a better representation. It´s also a good way to become conscious of imbalances - and expand that consciousness to other forms (racial!) of imbalances
Need suggestions for journals for your paper?
Journal finder tools can give you some idea, e.g., Journal Guide, Elsevier´s Journal Finder, and JANE. Also, think of the literature you cite in your own work - does a journal repeatedly show up in your reference list? Maybe that's a good pick for your paper.
Wiley's page about "search engine optimization" gives useful tips for improving the visibility of your research by paying attention to your title, keywords, and abstract.
Is it your turn to review for an academic journal?
How to write an effective referee report and improve the scientific review process (Jonathan Berk, Campbell Harvey, and David Hirshleifer)
If you are not a native speaker, you may find the following resources helpful
Grammarly (the premium version).
A good thesaurus like Power Thesaurus can help you diversify your writing - really, who can do without it?
The academic phrase bank of Manchester University to get you going.
Statistical Data about Spain and Catalonia:
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS; Center for Sociological Research, Madrid)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE; Spanish Statistical Office, Madrid)
Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya (IDESCAT; Catalan Statistical Office, Barcelona)
Software for Personal Network Research:
EgoNet - for the collection and visualization of personal network data
EgoNet2GraphML - software to convert EgoNet interviews into GraphML files
Network Canvas - a touch-optimized framework for personal network analysis, very attractive interface and flexible modules
GENSI - a graphical interface to collect ego-centered network data in surveys (see this article for more information)
Vennmaker - a tool to map personal networks interactively
EgoWeb2.0 - a data collection tool for social network data
egor - tools for importing, analyzing, and visualizing ego-centered network data (R environment)
statnet - for the statistical analysis, simulation, and visualization of social network data (R environment)
RSiena - for the statistical analysis of longitudinal social network data and of the coevolution of networks and behavior (R environment)
visone - for the analysis and visualization of social network data. For the visualization of clustered graphs please follow this link, by Jürgen Lerner
Gephi - visualization of social network data
Urban Network Analysis Toolbox for ArcGIS - visualization tool for urban network analysis
Network Scale-Up Method (NSUM):
A useful list of publications, resources, and datasets (until 2014), compiled by H. Russell Bernard
NSUM package using a Bayesian framework for population group size estimation using the Network Scale-Up Method (R environment)
Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS):
The website Respondent Driven Sampling, developed by Douglas Heckathorn gives loads of references
Package RDS for estimation of data collected with Respondent Driven Sampling, including Heckathorn's RDS-I and RDS-II estimators as well as Gile's Sequential Sampling estimator (R environment)
Kinship Networks:
PUCK - a program for the use and computation of kinship data
kinsources - a collaborative platform for sharing kinship data
pajek - analysis and visualization of large networks (including genealogies)
The website of anthropologist Douglas White is a true resource for researchers interested in the quantitative analysis of marriage and kinship systems
Network Visualizations:
network visualization - fun with links, nodes, and edges (FlowingData)
visual complexity - online archive of visualizations of all sorts of networks
moviegalaxies - visualization of social relationships in your favorite movies
The Social Networks Community:
International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) - the professional association for researchers interested in social network analysis. It organizes the annual Sunbelt conference, endorses regional conferences such as the EUSN, and supports a number of academic journals in the area of social networks
The Network Science Society (NetSci).
The blog Redes-Sociales.net - associated with the Revista Redes, the listserv Redes, and the Twitter account Lista Redes - for the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking networks community
The podcast Tejiendo Redes - Knitting Networks, organized by Francisca Ortiz and Alejandro Espinosa-Rada
Migration:
The European Network of International Migration, Integration, and Social Cohesion (IMISCOE)
Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX 2015) - a useful tool that summarizes and compares integration policies in 38 countries
I-map - Interactive Map on Migration
Maps of global human migration routes (National Geographic)
Interview with anthropologist Jason de Léon (author of "The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail", 2015, University of California Press) about the Mexican-US migration route (National Geographic)
Infographics of migration flows (up till 2010) - the interactive site peoplemovin (based on Bilateral Migration Matrix from the Worldbank of 2010) and global international migration flows (dynamic, 1990-2010)
To raise awareness: https://www.migrationtrail.com
To raise awareness: Individual migration trajectories, visualized in a(n interactive) line https://www.storiesbehindaline.com/. By visual and information designer Federica Fragapane
Poverty, Inequality, and Social Exclusion:
America´s poverty course (free), developed by the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, is a true resource for understanding social science thinking about inequality
OECD data on income inequality and poverty
The British website "Poverty and Social Exclusion" offers an explanation of definitions and measurement methods of poverty, life stories, and other resources useful for teaching about poverty
Website of the European Anti-Poverty Network
Joseph Rowntree Foundation in the UK
The Foundation FOESSA in Spain (Fomento de Estudios Sociales y de Sociología Aplicada)