{"id":18736,"date":"2015-08-18T11:01:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T11:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/video\/6-mistakes-to-avoid-when-writing-your-research-paper-part-1\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:59:02","slug":"6-mistakes-to-avoid-when-writing-your-research-paper-part-1","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/6-mistakes-to-avoid-when-writing-your-research-paper-part-1","title":{"rendered":"6 Mistakes to avoid when writing your research paper (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Writing a paper for journal submission is always a point of stress. From punctuation to proofreading, from language to formatting \u2013 there are so many things to take care of! 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