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ArticleOpen research Europe2023

The science behind soft skills: Do's and Don'ts for early career researchers and beyond. A review paper from the EU-CardioRNA COST Action CA17129.

Shubhra Acharya, Mihai Bogdan Preda, Ioanna Papatheodorou, Dimitra Palioura, Panagiota Giardoglou, Vasiliki Tsata, Sanja Erceg, Teodora Barbalata, Soumaya Ben-Aicha, Fabiana Martino and 9 more

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Article in Open research Europe, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Reply to Hu: Postdoctoral consortia remove barriers to retention and effectively prepare participants for career advancement.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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19 authors.

Shubhra AcharyaCardiovascular Research Unit, Department of Precision Health, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, 1445, Luxembourg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2904-6566
Mihai Bogdan Preda"Nicolae Simionescu" Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology, Bucharest, 050568, Romania.
Ioanna PapatheodorouSchool of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece.
Dimitra PaliouraSchool of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece.
Panagiota GiardoglouDevelopmental Biology, Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece.
Vasiliki TsataDevelopmental Biology, Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7741-9702
Sanja ErcegDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7229-9406
Teodora Barbalata"Nicolae Simionescu" Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology, Bucharest, 050568, Romania.
Soumaya Ben-AichaNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, W120NN, UK.
Fabiana MartinoNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, W120NN, UK.
Laura NicastroNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, W120NN, UK.
Antigone LazouSchool of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7889-9648
Dimitris BeisDevelopmental Biology, Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, 11527, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2579-7848
Fabio MartelliLaboratory of Molecular Cardiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, 20097, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8624-7738
Miron SopicDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia.
Costanza EmanueliNational Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, W120NN, UK.
Dimitris KardassisLaboratory of Biochemistry, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71003, Greece.
Yvan DevauxCardiovascular Research Unit, Department of Precision Health, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, 1445, Luxembourg.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5321-8543
EU-CardioRNA COST Action CA17129.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soft skills are the elementary management, personal, and interpersonal abilities that are vital for an individual to be efficient at workplace or in their personal life. Each work place requires different set of soft skills. Thus, in addition to scientific/technical skills that are easier to access within a short time frame, several key soft skills are essential for the success of a researcher in today's international work environment. In this paper, the trainees and trainers of the EU-CardioRNA COST Action CA17129 training school on soft skills present basic and advanced soft skills for early career researchers. Here, we particularly emphasize on the importance of transferable and presentation skills, ethics, literature reading and reviewing, research protocol and grant writing, networking, and career opportunities for researchers. All these skills are vital but are often overlooked by some scholars. We also provide tips to ace in aforementioned skills that are crucial in a day-to-day life of early and late career researchers in academia and industry.

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academiacareer opportunitiesearly career researcherindustry.publication writingresearch ethicsSoft skills

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