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Manuscript Preparation
All academic authors should prioritize familiarizing themselves with the specifics of manuscript formatting because a well-written, well-structured research paper has higher chances of journal acceptance. However, the road leading to manuscript submission is relatively long and could be rather confusing for uninformed authors or those lacking relevant guidance. There are many things you need to focus on when writing a manuscript, e.g., grammar usage, flow of content, proper use of technical terminology, etc., all of which contribute to the how a particular paper and its author are perceived. Here, you will find helpful tips and resources on all aspects of academic manuscript writing--grammar, language, style, format, manuscript structure, and preparing tables and figures. The idea is to help you understand how to write a high-impact research manuscript.
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Once data sets have been made publicly available along with a publication (as required nowadays by several publishers), what are you expected to do if you intend to reuse them for a purpose other than what was done by the authors? Do you need to inform the authors of what you intend to do beforehand? Or it is enough to refer to the original work in the bibliography?
- Dr. Filigheddu
- Oct 25, 2016
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The editor of my manuscript has asked me to improve my English. Specifically, he/she mentioned that I had misused the word "the." In some places, "the" was not used or was used wrongly.
- Dr. Ganjeh
- Oct 20, 2016
- 3,709 views
The Chicago Manual of Style is commonly used by authors writing academic manuscripts as it contains detailed guidelines on various aspects of writing as well as language and grammar. This video, prepared and presented by The University of Chicago Press, is an introduction to The Chicago Manual of Style. It is geared toward writers, students, librarians, businesses, and anyone interested in using the Manual to support their work. First, it gives a general overview of the Manual and explains how...
- Editage Insights
- Sep 27, 2016
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Hi, I always find it difficult to choose which previous research papers should be cited. For example, if my research is about a particular gene in a certain disease, should I include all the past works regarding the gene in this disease? Some of the past works are those published in the 1970s, and others have less convincing data due to the small sample size and/or poor study design. Is it ok to pick the most scientifically convincing and pertinent papers and ignore and not cite the others? Or...
- Mochizuki
- Sep 20, 2016
- 1,709 views
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Confused about how to use the Chicago Manual of Style or Scientific Style and Format when preparing your manuscript?
We will soon host a video prepared by experts from The University of Chicago Press, who will explain how to use these manuals and about free trials and subscriptions.
You can send them any questions you have beforehand, and they will try and address them in the video itself!
- Editage Insights
- Sep 15, 2016
- 1,457 views
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I want to write the background of my study. Can you give me any tips or guidelines?
- Ms. Muthonde
- Sep 8, 2016
- 49,303 views
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I want to write that there are two articles that use the same stimulus and they find the same result. Which tense should I use?
- Ms. Reviany
- Sep 8, 2016
- 13,645 views
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This article explains some points of style in scientific writing related to using negative exponents in expressing rates.
- Yateendra Joshi
- Aug 31, 2016
- 2,371 views
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What are the correct ways of including citations into the text of research papers? This article illustrates two ways of inserting citations into research papers depending on what is being emphasized---the names of authors or their findings.
- Yateendra Joshi
- Aug 18, 2016
- 3,977 views
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I have written a paper and plan to submit it to an SCI journal. In my paper, I have cited some literature from Chinese journals. Will it affect the chances of my paper getting accepted? It is acceptable to use Chinese references in international publications?
- Anonymous
- Aug 5, 2016
- 2,558 views
