According to an interesting estimate, researchers read more than 100 publications every year and spend long hours, weeks and months searching for and reading articles relevant to their field of study.1 While open access publishing and online repositories have made it easier to find articles, researchers still need to browse …
Research writing is an essential component of scholarly research that necessitates both academic and writing abilities on the part of the author(s). It is frequently regarded as an overwhelming task, particularly by those who are new to academic writing. If you are just getting started, you may ask, ‘Why do …
Statistics is an inexact science as it is based on probabilities rather than certainties. However, the language used to present data and statistics in your thesis or research paper needs to be accurate to avoid misunderstandings when your work is read by others. If the written descriptions of your data …
Getting your research published in a top journal is often seen as an indicator of success. However, it is not always easy to deliver a well-structured paper that impresses journal editors and reviewers. The key is knowing that each of the elements of a research paper serves a distinct purpose …
Preparing your manuscript for journal submission is possibly one of the most nerve-wracking steps in a researcher’s publishing journey. This is also the stage where most researchers make errors that can define the fate of their manuscript. To paraphrase renowned German physicist Werner Heisenberg, an expert is someone who knows some …
No one likes to be rejected. However, the sad truth is that research authors have to deal with their fair share of rejection, some more than others. A discouraging study on submissions from 18 countries revealed that journal rejection rates can range from 22.6% to 73.4%, depending on the journal …
Have you ever stopped to consider your audience in academic writing? Do you write to impress the journal editor and peer reviewers? Or are you focused only on the “ultimate “consumers” of your paper, researchers from your field or related fields? Journal editors and peer reviewers play a crucial role …
You have finalized the draft of your new manuscript and are prepared to submit it to your coveted journal. You have provided proper citation, given due credit, and avoided plagiarism by following the editorial guidelines. However, there are still a few aspects of the journal’s duplicate publication regulations that can …
“As far as he can achieve it, readability is as important for the scientific writer as it is for the novelist.” – Donald O. Hebb Readability is communicating your research ideas with simple word choices and sentence structures. People are busy and have no time to slog through long sentences …
As with any other skill, academic writing can be improved through practice and experience. Writing publishable research manuscripts does not come naturally to most scientific researchers, even those with a great deal of experience. However, because publication is so important to the success of research studies, and thus researchers, writing …
