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APA In-Text Citation Guide for Research Writing

Why Use In-Text Citation? When writing a journal article, literature review, convention paper, or any other academic document, authors must...

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How to Introduce Evidence and Examples: 41 Effective Phrases

Research requires us to scrutinize information and assess its credibility. Accordingly, when we think about various phenomena, we examine empirical...

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How to Order Author Names and Why That Matters

It’s rare that an article is authored by only one or two people anymore. In fact, the average original research...

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A Researcher’s Guide to Citations: listing authors and using “et al.”

We publish because we want to share our knowledge and, often, because we want recognition for our work. We acknowledge...

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Which Tense Should Be Used in Abstracts: Past or Present?

Many of you have asked us questions about seemingly conflicting rules about which tense to use in a research article...

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Scientific Writing: A Verb Tense Review

If you’ve been wondering about which verb tense to use in your research papers, below is a quick cheat sheet...

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Common Mistakes in Writing the Results Section

In this part of our series on drafting a strong journal manuscript, we’ll give you tips on how to write...

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How to Explain Research Methods Clearly for Reproducibility

Scientists and academics publish research to share new findings and increase the public and research community’s understanding of a variety of...

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