Helping you leverage AI tools in scientific writing and publishing | Speaker with 6+ years experience | Edited over 1500+ scientific documents | Former DAAD young ambassador

Speaker with over 6 years of experience. My top programs are faculty development programs around "AI tools in scientific writing and publishing". I conduct two signature 10-day online workshops every year, one in January and the other in June, focusing on the various tenets of manuscript writing and publishing with hands-on experience on select AI tools. Registration for the January 2025 Cohort will open in the first week of November 2024

Founder of Sowmis_AWW, a start-up helping researchers with medical writing, manuscript writing and publishing, and grant writing support systems, hand-holding them from choosing the right journals, proofreading for language, conciseness, and cohesiveness, cross-checking responses to reviewer comments, to preparing cover letters, highlights, and other ancillary requirements of the journal submission package. Sowmis_AWW was incubated in the WSP4 program of NSRCEL (IIM-Bangalore)

Two defining periods of my academic career were

My brief time at IIT Madras during my Master's under the aegis of JNCASR summer research fellowship for two consecutive years. I continued the work for my Master's thesis. I have cleared/ bagged several national and state-level qualifying exams and scholarships, including CSIR-UGC NET, DBT-JRF, TN SET, and GATE. Yes, I did intend to teach and research in academia before life pivoted and I landed doing what I do today!

Availing the DAAD sandwich scholarship to carry out a part of my Ph.D. work at the University of Osnabrueck, Germany. I continued my association with DAAD as a DAAD Young Ambassador, which marked the beginning of my speaking career

At present, I am happy to be an Editor with Editage, Founder at Sowmis_AWW, and Parent to a 10-year-old vivacious young girl. When I am not traveling for speaking and training engagements, I love traveling for pleasure and gathering new experiences, and exercising my "photographing muscles"

10 chrome extensions for scientific writing and publishing 


✅ Rapid journal quality check: https://lnkd.in/gZ2EN4Qx

This Chrome extension displays an academic journal's (and some conference's) rankings next to search results from Google Scholar. Know the quality of the paper right at the source

✅ Paperpile: https://lnkd.in/gcfJmYpU

A reference manager + Chrome extension that works well with Chrome, Google Docs, and integrates importing papers from e.g. PubMed, arXiv; useful if you prefer cloud-based reference management

✅ Evernote Web Clipper: https://lnkd.in/gM_ppFs9

Allows clipping and saving web pages, articles, and PDFs (with annotations) into your Evernote account — helps keep web research organized

✅ PowerNotes: https://lnkd.in/g-GrvsJA

Lets you gather, organize, and annotate research material (webpages, PDFs, etc.), and convert collected info into structured outlines or exportable documents — useful when synthesizing papers

✅ SciSpace: https://lnkd.in/gRsSd6gt

An AI-powered assistant that helps parse technical/scientific papers: simplifying jargon, summarizing content (text / tables / math), and helps you discover related literature quickly — good for busy researchers who read many papers

✅ Paperpal: https://lnkd.in/g7qKM6jr

Turn any webpage into your academic workspace with grammar checks, paraphrasing, chat with PDF & notetaking with citation tools. Seamlessly integrated into popular research and writing platforms used by students and researchers, Paperpal helps you write smarter, research faster, and stay organized without leaving your browser

✅ ResearchWize: https://lnkd.in/gNp8Mauj

An “all-in-one” research toolkit inside Chrome: besides summarizing PDFs or web pages (even scanned ones via OCR), it lets you build outlines, citations, study-guides, flashcards or even draft slides — handy when turning reading into writing or presentations

Head to the 📌📌 comments
For the last 3 extensions

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Sowmiya Rani Ph.D.

IIM-Bangalore: Sowmis_AWW, making scientific writing and publishing easier, is incubated in the WSP 4 at NSRCEL

IIT Madras: a brief experience under the aegis of JNCASR summer research fellowship, for two consecutive years. In addition, worked there for my master's thesis.

University of Osnabrueck, Germany: carried out a part of my Ph.D. work availing the DAAD sandwich scholarship 

Former DAAD Young Ambassador

Editor at Editage, Cactus Communications

CSIR-UGC NET, DBT-JRF, TN SET, and GATE qualified

Expert in facilitating webinars and workshops that help students, scholars, researchers, and faculty oñ the various aspects of academic writing and publishing

AI for Research and Teaching in Higher Ed | Speaker with 7+ years experience | Edited over 1500+ scientific documents | Former DAAD young ambassador

How do I AI-proof my classroom?

The first time the question was posed
It did catch me off-guard

Then, I got to do some thinking
Reading, digging, and some more

What is AI-proofing exactly?

Banning AI altogether?
Making AI off limits for assignments?

AI-proofing does not essentially mean keeping AI out summarily but rather having the right guardrails in place to ensure that the students are not losing learning opportunities to AI

In other words

Rethinking, redesigning, and implementing pedagogies and rubrics that make AI redundant. Make learning the center of the conversation, and push the "how" to insignificance

"Work smarter"

We taught them that

And now when they use the same statement as the argument for use of AI, teachers are at a loss

Should we armor up?
Should we be adaptive?

Terminologies alone might not solve this dilemma. It is going to be a lot of iterations, pivots, conversations, and grassroot-level work to build education systems that are not compromised by AI 

If there are 5 things I can start with
These would be it

✅ Shift focus from product to process & progress: Find ways to grade the brainstorming, outlining, and drafting stages just as heavily as the final product. Grade for individual improvement over time

✅ Approach AI as a tool, not as a threat: Design lessons where students use AI to brainstorm, critique outputs, or let AI write while the students critique the bias, lack of depth or nuance in the piece of writing

✅ Focus on skills AI lacks: Emphasize Socratic seminars, classroom debates, and collaborative projects that build critical thinking, empathy, and verbal communication

✅ Build relationships: Parenting and teaching fails are not always a discipline problem but most definitively a communication problem. Co-create classroom activities, involve students, and establish that you are a team together, with or against AI

✅ Be transparent: Openly discuss AI with students—its capabilities, its ethical dilemmas, and when it might be a helpful tool versus when it undermines learning  

Where else can we start?

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JSS Mahavidyapeetha
JSS Medical College, Mysore
JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru

10 databases for collecting literature for your systematic literature reviews


✅ Medline https://lnkd.in/gfx6jz_H
"The Medline database from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) contains more than 12 million bibliographic citations from over 4,600 international biomedical journals. One of the interfaces for searching Medline is PubMed, provided by the NLM for free access via the Internet"

✅ Embase https://lnkd.in/gzb7XeVz
"Leverage the power of AI-based natural language search on Embase to quickly find the precise information you need. Experts worldwide trust Embase for its comprehensive biomedical data. Go further, faster with Embase AI"

✅ CINAHL https://lnkd.in/g6YmSkEJ
"CINAHL indexes the top nursing and allied health literature available including nursing journals and publications from the National League for Nursing and the American Nurses Association. For full-text nursing and allied health journals, CINAHL Ultimate is the largest full-text companion to the CINAHL index"

✅ Cochrane central https://lnkd.in/gU58gcxi
" a highly concentrated source of reports of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials, published monthly. CENTRAL records always include bibliographic details (author, title, source, year, etc.) and usually include an abstract (summary of the article)"

✅ https://lnkd.in/gGHRN6mv
"ClinicalTrials.gov is a website and online database of clinical research studies and information about their results. The purpose of ClinicalTrials.gov is to provide information about clinical research studies to the public, researchers, and health care professionals"

✅ Elsevier | Scopus https://lnkd.in/gpUvs7wT
"Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature including scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings. Scopus provides a comprehensive overview of worldwide research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities"

✅ Web of Science 
"Find unique papers from niche resources focusing on specific subject areas and regions with an efficient tool to support systematic and literature reviews"

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Hello! I am Sowmiya, an academic editor and speaker, empowering academic researchers and industrial R&D teams to leverage AI tools ethically for writing and publishing scientific/medical manuscripts and integrating AI into teaching and learning processes in higher Ed

📲 91-99445 80436
📧 sowmis.aww@gmail.com

#research #academia #medicalwriting #publication #speaker 
#academicwriting #ai #scientificwriting #SLRs 

PS: Pictures from the one-day workshop on "Harnessing AI ethically for scientific writing & publishing" for JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty
JSS Mahavidyapeetha
JSS Medical College, Mysore
JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysuru
JSSATEB Bengaluru

Is meta-analysis different from an SLR?
How are they similar?
How are they different?


A meta-analysis always requires a preceding systematic literature review (SLR), but an SLR does not always need to be followed by a meta-analysis

✅ SLR is a rigorous, transparent, and reproducible method for identifying, selecting, and critically appraising all relevant research on a topic to answer a specific question

✅ Meta-analysis is the statistical process of pooling and analyzing quantitative data from several similar studies identified using an SLR to obtain a single, pooled estimate of effect

Similarities

- Most trustable evidence forms
- Critical appraisal of studies required
- Structured, transparent, reproducible
- Minimized bias
- Offer evidence-based suggestions
- Months or years of effort
- Can't be a single author study

Differences

- MA is strictly for quantitative studies
- Pooled data & statistical analysis (MA)

Why not all SLRs include a MA?

- Qualitative data
- Heterogeneity of studies
- Lack of sufficiently similar data
- Insufficient data
- Poor methodological quality

So, which one is better?

Meta-analysis holds the position at the top of the evidence pyramid in cases where there is sufficient and suitable quantitative data for the analysis

In all other cases, SLR is the crown of studies to synthesize the best evidence that backs very critical medical and policy decisions

What is your biggest question around SLR and meta-analysis?

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Hello! I am Sowmiya, an academic editor and speaker, empowering academic researchers and industrial R&D teams to leverage AI tools ethically for writing and publishing scientific/medical manuscripts and integrating AI into teaching and learning processes in higher Ed

Interested in hosting an exclusive session for SLRs and meta-analysis?

Reach out at
 
📲 91-99445 80436
📧 sowmis.aww@gmail.com

#research #academia #medicalwriting #publication #speaker 
#academicwriting #ai #scientificwriting #SLRs

PS: Pictures from a one-day workshop on "Harnessing AI ethically for scientific writing and publishing" for Meril, Ahmedabad
@meril

10 AI tools for research as MS-Word add-ins


✅Lucidchart https://lnkd.in/ggWkJqM8
"Lucidchart is the intelligent diagramming solution that empowers teams to clarify complexity, align their insights, and build the future–faster. By having a common visual language, collaboration and communication are made easy"

✅ QuillBot https://quillbot.com/word
"Our free MS Word add-in combines QuillBot with the classic word processor, giving you a seamless editing experience. Install our add-in for Microsoft Word online or for the Microsoft Word app on your Windows or Mac computer"

✅ ProWritingAid https://lnkd.in/gayTaSeX
"Edit with ProWritingAid in your favorite writing app. Add ProWritingAid to your computer and internet browser to access all features directly in MS Word, Google Docs, Scrivener, and more"

✅ Wordtune https://www.wordtune.com/
"Shape your scattered thoughts into exactly what you mean to say with a
free AI writer that can paraphrase, rewrite, correct your grammar, and more"

✅GenText Group https://gentext.ai/
"Write research papers faster and smarter with our AI-powered MS Word Add-in. Leverage a database of 200 million+ peer reviewed articles"

✅ Paperpal https://lnkd.in/gUEPMQec
"Write, cite, and edit academic content 2x faster with the free Paperpal Word add-in, which provides real-time AI suggestions, tailored for students and researchers"

✅ SmartCite.io https://lnkd.in/gu-aypnn
"Our Word-compatible citation tool makes writing your next paper a breeze. SmartCite is fast, easy-to-use, supports over 9000+ styles, and most importantly, makes it easy to collaborate on documents with colleagues"

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Hello! I am Sowmiya, an academic editor and speaker, empowering academic researchers and industrial R&D teams leverage AI tools ethically for writing and publishing scientific/medical manuscripts and integrating AI into teaching and learning processes in higher Ed

📲 91-99445 80436
📧 sowmis.aww@gmail.com

#research #academia #medicalwriting #publication #speaker 
#academicwriting #ai #scientificwriting 

Symbiosis Medical College for Women
Symbiosis International University Dubai
SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

10 AI tools for editing/ paraphrasing
(Also, why using them is not simple)



✅ Inkwell: https://inkwell.net/
"Cloud-based collaboration platform features, editing & integration tools, mathematical & scientific notation, publishing & export capabilities, document structure & layout, intelligent reference & navigation tools"

✅ Rytr: https://rytr.me/
"Rytr analyzes a sample of your writing and mirrors your tone when it generates content. Works as a Chrome extension as well"

✅ AISEO.ai: https://lnkd.in/gXu7ZpEE
"AISEO's paragraph rewriter simply helps you with rewriting paragraphs by transforming the structure of the content while keeping the relevant details. It does this at a blazing speed, using advanced custom paraphrasing engines"

✅ QuillBot: https://quillbot.com/
"Write effortlessly and efficiently with QuillBot's suite of AI tools. Paraphrase, check grammar, analyze tone, improve fluency, and more"

✅ Wordvice AI: https://wordvice.ai/
"Our AI Writing Assistant offers a suite of AI revision tools, including a text editor, AI reviser, translator, paraphrasing tools, and more"

✅ ProWritingAid: https://prowritingaid.com/
"Unlock your story's potential with ProWritingAid—the ultimate writing toolkit for fixing errors and enhancing prose"

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Also, the right way to use AI paraphrasers to avoid introducing AI flags into otherwise human-written and edited content

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📲 91-99445 80436
📧 sowmis.aww@gmail.com

#research #academia #medicalwriting #publication #speaker 
#academicwriting #ai #scientificwriting #medicine #pharmacy

Free Webinar_SLRs and meta-analysis

SciSpace is unveiling new features
Strengthening user experience & access
And the robustness of data at the backend
 
What is new?
 
✅ Unified Reranked Sources—combined search results from Pubmed, Google Scholar, and ArXiV

A query in the Literature Review or Agent now brings a single, unified paper table showing the top-most relevant papers from each database (SciSpace, Google Scholar, PubMed, etc.)

No switching tabs or juggling multiple papers. Each paper includes a relevance score, a relevance tag, and the reasoning for selection of the paper

The table combines results from multiple data sources, saving you hours of manual filtering. You can focus directly on what’s most relevant instead of scrolling through hundreds of results

✅ University Library Access —paywalled papers can be seamlessly accessed through institution’s library access using LibKey. It is available on all the papers. Get access to full-text versions without leaving SciSpace or searching elsewhere, making it easier to read and analyze papers without interruptions
 
✅ 3x Faster Data Extraction —You can add or remove columns, analyze papers, and filter results while the Agent continues running in the background. Also, you can pause or resume the live activity anytime without losing progress. This way, you can speed up the review process 
 
✅ Connectors - You can now connect external apps like Google Drive to SciSpace and let the Agent pull data directly from your files. Easily uploads from Drive, Gmail, and folders via integration. It enables the Agent to analyze documents you already have in your workspace — no need to upload files one by one. 
 
✅ Connecting other tools, including OneDrive, Zotero, Mendeley, and more will soon become effortless 
 
✅ Improved Citations — With the latest citation update on Agent, you can cite directly from the paper table and the citation pop-up 

Now you can access the tool at a steep discount using the link and codes below

Link: https://lnkd.in/g3t9cK75

Codes (Black Friday deal, limited-time offer):

SOWBFD40 — Get 40% off on annual plan (Global)
SOWBFD30 — Get 30% off on annual plan (India)
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Hello! I am Sowmiya, an academic editor and speaker, empowering academic researchers and industrial R&D teams to leverage AI tools ethically for writing and publishing scientific/medical manuscripts and integrating AI into teaching and learning processes in higher Ed

Interested in hosting an exclusive session for SLRs and meta-analysis?

Reach out at
 
📲 91-99445 80436
📧 sowmis.aww@gmail.com

#research #academia #medicalwriting #publication #speaker 
#academicwriting #ai #scientificwriting #SLRs

PS: Two-day workshop (faculty development program) on "Systematic reviews and meta-analysis" for Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Pune

Savitribai Phule Pune University
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

PhD Students, young researchers, medical writers ----- 5 beginner mistakes to avoid on your first systematic literature review 


💡Poorly defined research question

❌ Effect of keto diet on diabetes in young adults
✅ In adults with type 2 diabetes (P), does keto diet (I) compared to standard calorie restriction (C) improve HbA1c levels (O)?

Pro-tip: Always mirror the title on the framework (PICOST, PICO, PECO, SPIDER)


💡Poor Search Strategy

❌ Searching only one database, using only Boolean operators and keywords
✅Developing and documenting full database search strings with Boolean operators, MeSH terms, truncation and wild cards. Searching at least two robust databases (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane Central) 

Pro-tip: Creating the right search strings is both an art and science. Master it! Find the right databases, not all work for all subject fields


💡Unclear inclusion/exclusion criteria

❌ We excluded low-quality studies
✅ We excluded non-randomized studies, studies without a comparator group, and articles not reporting HbA1c outcomes

Pro-tip: Just like the title, the easiest way to get this right is to mirror the criteria on the chosen framework (eg: PICO)


💡Non-compliant screening Process

❌AB screened all articles
✅AB and XY screened titles/abstracts and full text. Conflicts were resolved through arbitration by MN

Pro-tip: Provisional review is an option but have you done an inter-rater reliability test and documented this as well?


💡No risk of bias assessment

❌We included only studies from Q1 & Q2 journals
✅We assessed quality using the Cochrane RoB 2 tool for RCTs and ROBINS-I for non-randomized studies

Pro-tip: These are not the only tools available. Check the JBI and Cochrane sites for other tools to use for the other types of studies

Young writers: Which one did you make and regret?

Fellow experts: what other mistakes would you list?

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Hello! I am Sowmiya, an academic editor and speaker, empowering academic researchers and industrial R&D teams to leverage AI tools ethically for writing and publishing scientific/medical manuscripts and integrating AI into teaching and learning processes in higher Ed

Interested in hosting an exclusive session for SLRs and meta-analysis?

Reach out at
 
📲 91-99445 80436
📧 sowmis.aww@gmail.com

#research #academia #medicalwriting #publication #speaker 
#academicwriting #ai #scientificwriting #SLRs

PS: Pictures from the two-day workshop (faculty development program) on "Systematic reviews and meta-analysis" for Symbiosis Medical College for Women, Pune

Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) 
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Symbiosis International University Dubai

Calculators were protested against
Computers were shunned

Outsourcing writing to typewriters?
Are you crazy?

Remember, 
Google scholar did not start smooth

Teaching through a screen
How can that even work?

We taught kindergarden via screens
Thanks to Covid

Cars
Airplanes
Television
Internet
ATM
Microwave oven

The list is long

The human race has not been kind
To innovations and innovators

That continues until this day
Case in point...... AI!

But there is one key difference

None of these inventions
Had the kind of global lobby
The AI tools have today

Almost none of them
Had billion/ trillion dollar companies
Backing them up 

With nothing but profits in mind
Depending on commercial success
From mindless widespread integration

Adoption happened over decades
Not months

The companies were not invited
To be part of decision-making bodies
That decide how much of the tech
Will be allowed in schools

How students will learn
How teachers would teach
How evaluations will be done
How data and privacy will be protected

The problem is the scale of power
The problem is the speed

AI does look good in several ways
Agreed!

But should we use it for everything?
A resounding No

Who draws the line?
Where goes the line?
What will protect the line?

Glorifying AI
Villainizing AI

Where is the objectivity
When we most need it!

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