
{"id":23478,"date":"2024-01-18T11:22:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T11:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.avdheshsharma.com\/groundbreaking-not-irritating-choosing-words-to-show-research-impact\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T06:31:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T06:31:50","slug":"groundbreaking-not-irritating-choosing-words-to-show-research-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/groundbreaking-not-irritating-choosing-words-to-show-research-impact","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking, not irritating: Choosing words to show research impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoTitle\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">The data have been clear\u2014nearly all academic fields have shown <a href=\"https:\/\/ncses.nsf.gov\/pubs\/nsb20206\/executive-summary\" style=\"color:#467886; text-decoration:underline\">striking increases in the number of studies published each year<\/a>. In such a crowded environment, it\u2019s more vital than ever to stand out and make the novelty and significance of your research clear. Every time a researcher sits down to craft their covering letter, abstract, or concluding section, phrases like \u201cnovel finding,\u201d \u201cparadigm shift,\u201d or \u201chighly promising\u201d come up so often that both writers and editors worry about overusing them. In this post, we look at how common word choices can help or hinder your impact, and how to handle clich\u00e9s in your writing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin:18pt 0cm 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#0f4761\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">The importance of word choice<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">When writing on any academic topic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6199843\/\" style=\"color:#467886; text-decoration:underline\">it is vital to be precise, clear, and unambiguous<\/a>. This is not only to ensure that works remain accessible to a broad audience\u2014which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-023-02320-2\" style=\"color:#467886; text-decoration:underline\">increasingly includes non-native speakers of English<\/a>\u2014but also to ensure that you get your information across efficiently and with impact. Impactful writing helps the final audience of your paper to understand the main takeaways of your research and gives your submissions the best chance to get past the \u201cgatekeepers,\u201d such as reviewers and journal editors. While it is not the only determiner, your choice of words can affect your publication prospects and, thus, your career. Accordingly, researchers tend to reuse certain phrases across many papers while trying to increase their impact. However, some habits can be detrimental.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin:18pt 0cm 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#0f4761\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">Clich\u00e9d phrases in scientific writing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">A clich\u00e9 is one of those overused little phrases or ideas that betrays a lack of thought or originality, like how \u201cthink outside the box\u201d has become so overused in business that it ironically belongs within that box. Nobody sets out to fill their writing with clich\u00e9s, but they still creep in. More importantly, many of them can make your writing dull and take away from the impact your research should have. Some examples of clich\u00e9d phrases include the following:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin:8pt 0cm 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#0f4761\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">\u201cin the current study\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">This term comes up often but usually adds little, as it is often used in statements that clearly refer to the study results or methodology.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin:8pt 0cm 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#0f4761\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">\u201cin recent years\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">This term is vague and can be stretched to almost any time frame. A precise year (\u201csince 2018\u201d) or even a period (\u201cover the last ten years\u201d) will be far clearer.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin:8pt 0cm 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#0f4761\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">\u201cit is well known that\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">You can virtually always remove this phrase, as it doesn\u2019t add important knowledge to a declarative statement. To go further, if something is indeed so well known, does it need to be introduced in your paper?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin:8pt 0cm 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#0f4761\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">Statements of novelty<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">\u201cGroundbreaking,\u201d \u201cnovel,\u201d \u201cparadigm shift,\u201d \u201cfirst of its kind,\u201d and much more. We all want to underline the novelty of our research, but overuse of these phrases can seem as if the author is making a claim without necessarily supporting it. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin:18pt 0cm 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#0f4761\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">Striking the balance to maximize impact<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">What is the difference between useful, common phrases and clich\u00e9s? It comes down to their usage. A word becoming heavily used does not mean that you should stop using it altogether; however, overuse can result in papers or other communications that sound formulaic. Repeatedly describing your findings as \u201cnovel\u201d or \u201cpromising\u201d can be tiresome. Instead, it\u2019s best not to belabor the point. A single mention would suffice.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">Stronger terms like \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d or \u201cparadigm shift\u201d can feel like certain predictions of future changes resulting from your work, which goes against the general <a href=\"https:\/\/senseaboutscience.org\/guides\/making-sense-of-uncertainty\/uncertainty-in-science\/\" style=\"color:#467886; text-decoration:underline\">uncertainty that researchers must embrace<\/a>. Instead, it is best to provide examples of expected impact your research would have.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">More importantly, an inappropriately used clich\u00e9 term will draw attention to itself. For example, saying that your research \u201csheds light\u201d on something is fine when something new has been revealed, but it would sound far more of a tiresome clich\u00e9 if you used it to describe your review.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin:18pt 0cm 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#0f4761\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">Set phrases can be good<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">So far, I have talked about the downsides of using common phrases, but what of the <i>upsides<\/i>? It might sound strange at first, but committing some often-used phrases to memory can <i>improve<\/i> your writing. As a teacher, I have had success in coaching students in English writing by teaching them phrases that can help them structure their essays. This helps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2022.932291\/full\" style=\"color:#467886; text-decoration:underline\">reduce their cognitive load<\/a> from thinking up phrases and introduces succinct ways to efficiently transmit information to their audience.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk\/\" style=\"color:#467886; text-decoration:underline\">Academic Phrasebank from the University of Manchester<\/a> offers many examples of useful phrases in academic writing organized by their usage cases. As well as helping to improve your writing flow, it also offers alternative phrases.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin:18pt 0cm 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#0f4761\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">Using AI wisely<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:103.2pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">The academic community has recently been abuzz with the possibilities\u2014and pitfalls\u2014of using AI in writing. As well as its uses in summarizing, drafting, and proofreading, AI also has promising applications in helping writers find the right words. Microsoft, for one, appears to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/roberthart\/2024\/01\/04\/microsoft-adds-new-ai-assistant-button-to-windows-keyboard\/\" style=\"color:#467886; text-decoration:underline\">going all-in on its Copilot AI system<\/a>, which includes a range of autocomplete and paraphrasing tools that are <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/microsoft365forjournalists\/learning-tools\/improve-your-writing-with-an-ai-editor\/\" style=\"color:#467886; text-decoration:underline\">steadily being integrated into applications like Microsoft Word<\/a>. Many other AI-integrated tools now include functionality that provides alternatives for writing that is clich\u00e9d or lacking impact.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"tab-stops:103.2pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">However, they cannot be relied on blindly. Since AI tools tend to be trained on large corpora of real information, they tend to fall back on many of the clich\u00e9s that are used organically in real writing. This can result in AI tools generating rather bland, formulaic writing, to say nothing of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC10585191\/\" style=\"color:#467886; text-decoration:underline\">tendencies to generate inaccurate information<\/a>. Overuse of AI tools to paraphrase can also result in so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-021-02134-0\" style=\"color:#467886; text-decoration:underline\">tortured phrases<\/a>, which further underlines the need to use this technology responsibility.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin:18pt 0cm 4pt\"><span style=\"font-size:20pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Aptos Display&quot;,sans-serif\"><span style=\"color:#0f4761\"><span style=\"font-weight:normal\">Conclusion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\">The clich\u00e9 is not a menace to stamp out of your writing. There are a finite number of suitable phrases available in any language, so appropriate use of very common set idioms or words can facilitate understanding. Words are like ingredients; they can all make the final dish more appealing, but there <i>can<\/i> be too much of a good thing and some ingredients just don\u2019t go together!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The data have been clear\u2014nearly all academic fields have shown striking increases in the number of studies published each year. In such a crowded environment, it\u2019s more vital than ever to stand out and make the novelty and significance of your research clear. 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