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Q: If she upgrades her bakery...

Detailed question-Conditional sentence type 1
  • Asked on July 2, 2020

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Your question is incomplete; actually, it’s not even a question. :-) It’s simply half a statement, half of a ‘Type 1 conditional sentence’ basis the information…

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Q: Do I still need to reduce the similarity if it is 25% and most falls under method and legends?

Detailed question-The similarity rate for my manuscript is 25%, but most of it falls under method and figure legends. Do I still need to work on reducing the similarity?

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A similarity of 15% or below is considered low and therefore acceptable. Some journals may consider a similarity of 25%…

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Q: Can I submit a conference paper containing the expanded work of the paper that is still under review with a journal?

Detailed question-I submitted a paper to a journal six months ago, and it is still under review. Meanwhile, I expanded the work in a new paper, by developing the method in the paper under…

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Hello Sooyeon – Welcome to the forum!

Straight up, you have an intriguing consideration. But there are also several points for consideration in your query…

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Q: Can I be a little informal when writing about a previously established fact in the manuscript?

Detailed question-Can I write a sentence such as: 'As all of us already that drug D is helpful for XYZ condition...'? Here, by 'all of us,' I mean all people and not only the authors of…
  • Asked on June 22, 2020

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You have provided a template statement rather than the actual statement. So, we may not know for certain whether the said drug is indeed helpful for the said…

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Q: Can I submit a course report as a conference paper - or will it be plagiarism?

Detailed question-I have written a paper based on a project that I did for my class and submitted the paper as a final report for that course (via canvas). Now, I want to submit it for a…
  • Asked on June 21, 2020

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It’s great that you know about some aspects of publication and publication ethics, such as similarity and plagiarism. So, let’s talk about the aspects that are less…

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Q: To avoid plagiarism, should I put quotation marks around the full forms of abbreviations and acronyms?

Detailed question-It is a very common notion that verbatim [text] should be placed within quotation marks in order to avoid plagiarism. So, if I am writing the full form of an abbreviated…
  • Asked on June 10, 2020

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You raise a relevant query. But before we respond to it, we would like to make a slight technical point. While it’s understood what you mean by “in order to avoid…

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Q: If I publish the contents of my conference presentation first as a feature article and then as a journal article, would it be a case of duplicate submission?

Detailed question-I was requested by a magazine to write a feature article. They are going to publish the contents of my conference presentation as an article. Meanwhile, I am planning to…
  • Asked on June 8, 2020

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To begin, what you are planning on doing here is a bit unusual. Most researchers progress as…

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Q: Should I use 'was' or 'is' in the following sentence?

Detailed question-How should I write about the previous study in a review article? Say I have to write: 'AZ et al. in their 2010 study found that drug B --- more helpful than drug A…
  • Asked on June 2, 2020

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Yes, you are right. The use of tense varies in academic writing and is quite keenly debated. Anyway, as you are writing a review article, you may refer to this…

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Q: What is the Level 1 plagiarism percentage of similarity?

  • Asked on May 26, 2020

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There are five levels of plagiarism as defined by the Publication Services and Products Board …

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Q: For articles based on modeling, are there structures/sections other than IMRaD and Results/Discussion?

Detailed question-For articles based on modeling, I find that the Results and Discussion structure [sections] is/are not suitable. Are there other options [for the structure/sections]?

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You raise an interesting question. However, it’s not clear what type of ‘modeling’ you are…

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