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Collaborating with experts from diverse fields enhances interdisciplinary research, making it more productive. This guide covers the importance of collaboration, offering a roadmap for researchers to start effectively. Learn how to establish clear tasks, timelines, and authorship discussions before initiating partnerships. Ongoing collaboration requires consistent communication to navigate progress and changes. By networking at meetings and seminars, researchers can find the right partners. Utilize these strategies to engage in fruitful collaborations that drive innovation and discoveries in your field.
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Collaborations • Why collaborate? • How to start. • Defining tasks. • Ongoing collaboration.
Why collaborate? • Increasing interdisciplinary research requires experts in different areas. • Often more productive to enlist as collaborator than attempting to learn a new area yourself. • Evaluate the benefit in a collaboration before initiating.
How to start • Meet other scientists. • Attend meetings. • Present your work. • National/International meetings • Local/regional meetings • Your institution. Seminars, journal clubs.
Defining tasks • Establish the purpose of the collaboration. • Decide before starting who will do what tasks. • Establish a timeline. • Discuss authorship.
Ongoing collaboration • Communicate • Progress • Data • Change in plans • Face-to-face, if possible. • Telephone, teleconferencing. • E-mail
Further information • Vincens, Q. and Bourne, P.E. (2007). Ten simple rules for a successful collaboration. PLOS Comp. Biol. 3:e44.