^{Gareth Dyke is a writer, researcher, and educator with deep experience at the interface between publishing and academia. He is the Director of Global Content at Research Square Company.}

^{He shares his wealth of experience on paleontology, preprints and the career paths of researchers with Jo.}

^{He has authored over 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals over the last 20 years (including in Nature and Science). As an author of educational contents, he emphasizes young researcher outreach; He helps ESL authors write, communicate, and publish research effectively in English and have well-developed networks most notably in China and Central Asia (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan). His face-to-face training workshops in 2019 were attended by more than 6,000 ECRs and his online training events in 2020-22 have been very popular. He has gathered extensive experience creating, growing, and managing high impact academic journals working with Taylor & Francis and Eurasia Academic Publishing.}

^{Gareth Dyke can help you get the best out of your research, write great papers in English, and get them published in amazing journals to advance your career!}

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