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5 Common Reasons for Manuscript Rejection
Being Informed About Reasons for Manuscript Rejection In the world of journal publications, rejections are the norm rather than the exceptio…
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How to Avoid Nominalizations and Improve Your Writing
In the first part of a series of editing tips, we will show you how to strengthen your writing effectively. The next few posts will cover th…
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How to Write a Research Proposal: Checklist Example
If you are a PhD doctoral or Master’s student approaching graduation, then a large research project, dissertation, or thesis is in your futu…
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Best Science Citation Formats for Research Papers
When choosing the best citation format or style for a research paper, it is easy to get confused. One of the most important sections in a re…
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Parenthetical Citations: APA & MLA Examples
From scholarly writers and researchers to university and graduate students, every academic writer needs to understand how to use parenthetic…
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Matching Your Manuscript to a Journal’s Aim and Scope
In our last article on choosing a journal manuscript, we talked about the general factors you should consider when deciding which journals t…
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How to Improve Your Writing Style in Papers
What is the best way to improve writing style? It may sound counterintuitive (or overly obvious), but the best way to improve your writing s…
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3 Ways to Increase Your Manuscript’s Chance of Acceptance
As a researcher, you spend countless hours pursuing answers to important questions about how our world works. This research consumes a signi…
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How to Order Authors in Scientific Papers
It’s rare that an article is authored by only one or two people anymore. In fact, the average original research paper has five authors these…
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How to Handle Research Presentation Q&A Sessions
Answering Research Presentation Questions Effectively Dealing with questions from audience members can be one of the most difficult aspects …
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40 Easily Confused Words Authors Should Know
Most spellcheck and grammar check programs are useful, but they are far from perfect. An author might have spelled a word correctly but used…
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Using Active or Passive Voice in Research Papers
When to Use the Active or Passive Voice in Research Writing One decision that gives pause to thousands of beginning researchers is whether t…
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