Most journals use acceptance or rejection rates to analyse whether the number of papers that they are rejecting or accepting is too high and to monitor any unusual trends. The rates depend on the quality Read More
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Time and research dollars are limited resources for all researchers. Looking for funding prospects means less time for your work, but strong financial support in the end can make the time spent worthwhile. While you Read More
Synonyms are words with similar meanings, although the exact shade of meaning may be different. This post, however, deals with pairs of words that are not synonyms but pairs in which one member is sometimes, Read More
To know what a particular word means, we usually turn to a dictionary. The dictionary could be a general-purpose dictionary, such as the Oxford Dictionary of English, or a specialized dictionary if the word is Read More
While writing an academic paper, you may make use of bullet points. Now, in a list of bullet points, whether each item begins with a capital letter depends on the punctuation mark that comes before Read More
Novice researchers are often discouraged from using the first person pronouns I and we in their writing, and the most common reason given for this is that readers may regard such writing as being subjective, Read More
Using such expressions as “for example,” “for instance,” “such as,” and “including” correctly is important. What the expressions have in common is that they talk about some members of a class but Read More
The use of figures and tables as adjuncts to text is common in research papers. These adjuncts supplement the text: figures, for example, can convey information that may be impossible to convey through words, and Read More
An earlier post discussed the use of tenses in research papers. Here, we will expand on this a bit and discuss tense usage in specific sections. In the introductory section, the present tense is Read More
As a matter of style, most journals advise authors not to start any sentence with an abbreviation or a number. However, acronyms are generally acceptable in that position, either because they are words in their Read More