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How to Write a Journal Article Introduction Section
Our journal manuscript series has covered the various sections of a scientific article according to the order in which we recommend you writ…
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Citation Styles: APA vs MLA, Vancouver vs Chicago Style
What are citation and citation styles? A citation style (or formatting style) is a holistic set of rules and guidelines for creating an acad…
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How to Use Articles (a,an,the)–Article Flowchart
In a recent study we conducted to analyze our clients’ writing mistakes, we discovered that our clients frequently misused determiners like …
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Useful Research Words and Phrases for All Sections
What are the best research words and phrases to use in a paper? If you are a graduate student, researcher, and/or professor, you already kno…
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Best Ways to Grow Your Research Publication List
As academics, our careers revolve around the number of papers that we publish. Although the length of someone’s publication list does not ne…
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How to Write a Research Paper Conclusion Section
A research paper is usually more concise and succinct than an essay, because, if it is written well, it focuses on one specific question, de…
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What is Academic Writing? | Styles & Tips
What is Academic Writing? Academic writing communicates information and ideas to a narrow or wider academic readership. Academic writing can…
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Ghost Authorship in Journal Manuscripts
As you may recall from our last post, we defined “authorship” according to the guidelines developed by the International Committee of Medica…
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Fix Parallel Sentence Structure Mistakes in Writing
A common writing issue for many authors of essays and research papers is making sure to use parallel structure. In many ways, the English la…
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How to Choose Keywords for a Research Paper
With the ever-increasing volume of information available digitally, finding relevant sources has become quite the challenge! To hunt down th…
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When to Use Author “et al.” in Citation and References
We publish because we want to share our knowledge and because we want recognition for our work. We acknowledge people’s ideas and findings b…
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What is Journal Authorship?
In a previous article, we explored ways to improve your manuscript acceptance rate by examining the factors editors consider when making the…
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