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skills</h2> <div class="view view-topic-modules view-id-topic_modules view-display-id-overview"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row"> <div class="node node--type-era-webinar node--promoted node--view-mode-era-module-list-default clearfix node_module_list_default row"> <div class="module-image small-12 columns"> <div class="field field--name-field-era-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/writing-research/technical-writing-skills/write-review-methods-article" hreflang="en"><img src="/uploads/styles/era_medium_cropped_400_240/public/2024-02/Elsevier-ResearchersAcademy-April-2_10-v5.png?itok=y3EsLxV-" width="500" height="300" alt="How to write and review a methods article" loading="lazy" class="image-style-era-medium-cropped-400-240" /> </a> </div> <div class="image-overlay"> <div class="field field--name-field-era-duration field--type-duration field--label-hidden field__item">10 m</div> <div class="field field--name-field-era-cycle field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">Technical writing skills</div> </div> </div> <div class="module-content small-12 columns"> <h3><a href="/writing-research/technical-writing-skills/write-review-methods-article" rel="title">How to write and review a methods article</a></h3> In this module, Arunabha Bose, a scientific editor from MethodsX discusses how to submit an article to MethodsX and how to review a manuscript. </div> <div class="module-footer small-12 columns"> <div class="save-inactive">Save</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-row"> <div class="node node--type-era-webinar node--promoted node--sticky node--view-mode-era-module-list-default clearfix node_module_list_default row"> <div class="module-image small-12 columns"> <div class="field field--name-field-era-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/writing-research/technical-writing-skills/design-effective-figures-review-articles" hreflang="en"><img 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