Most of the work that you publish will go through some form of peer review. This is exactly as the name suggests; your peers will review your work and make suggestions to improve the article (for more information see the Elsevier website). Researchers generally suggest that their work is improved by the peer review process, and PGRs […]
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People often think that editing and proofreading are the same. Actually, they are different although there is a degree of overlap between the two. Let’s consider what is meant by these two terms. We’ll start with editing. Editing Generally, editing refers to the process of making changes to the structural and conceptual elements of your […]
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Now it’s time to think about the way published articles are read and, therefore, how they need to be written. In this post you are going to get some tips on how to write effective titles and abstracts. Let’s start with titles. The title is the first part of your article that potential readers will […]
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Here are a few tips: Keep it short! A Conclusion normally (but not always) follows from a Discussion section. If that is the case, the purpose of the Conclusion is simply to remind the reader of the most important finding(s) of your study and the contribution to your field. Think about which tense(s) to use in […]
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The focus of this post is on how to write a Discussion section. The first consideration when planning your Discussion is to check whether the journal asks for separate Discussion and Conclusion sections. Sometimes, journals simply ask for a Conclusion section, not a Discussion. This is often the case in argument-based papers where there are […]
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Picture that blissful moment when you receive the email finally accepting your paper. Picture those feelings of relief and pride to have successfully addressed even the obscure demands of the infamous Reviewer 2… All those hours of writing, editing, polishing, rewriting; all those weeks waiting for an editorial decision, are finally rewarded. Let’s face it; […]
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