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The article discusses a few points of style related to bacterial nomenclature.
Style tips for presenting scientific names of bacteria
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Find tips on presenting genes and products of genes in this article. Gene nomenclature is fairly complex, and this article attempts to draw attention to its intricacies…
Style tips for presenting genes and gene products
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During the process of writing a research paper, authors may sometimes find themselves struggling to choose one word or term over the other. This post deals with and…
Commonly confused words in research writing: "alternate" and "alternative"
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Scientific writing is all about being accurate, brief, and objective, and as editors or writers, we should reduce the bias that creeps in from the use of insensitive…
Sensitivity in scientific writing
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Science Research Writing is a practical and handy guide for non-native authors who want to write research papers in English.
Writing research papers in English: A guide for non-native speakers
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When it comes to writing a research proposal, an assignment, or an academic paper, you tend to worry: you wonder whether you are making errors of spelling, grammar,…
6 Actionable tips to improve academic writing
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Using content from one's own previously published work in a new study without citing the original work is considered as self-plagiarism. However, some authors are…
Avoiding self-plagiarism: A case study
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There is a dire need to communicate in simplified writing in Academic Publishing. Complex ideas need not be described in a difficult manner. This article discusses how…
5 Steps to simplifying language in research communication
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Having written a paper for submission to a chosen journal, you will need to write something more, namely a letter or an e-mail addressed to the editor of the target…
A guide to effective academic communication for non-native speakers of English
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Science demands precision, and part of mastering a subject involves learning the exact differences between words that mean more or less the same thing. An entomologist,…