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Manuscript Writing
One of the most difficult aspects of research manuscript preparation is deciding whether your findings should be presented through tables, figures, or text. The tips…
- Jayashree Rajagopalan
- September 19, 2014
Journals expect authors to disclose any form of writing assistance by acknowledging the writer's contribution. However, authors are sometimes reluctant to disclose…
- Kakoli Majumder
- November 17, 2015
The article discusses a few points of style related to bacterial nomenclature.
- Yateendra Joshi
- December 8, 2014
Graphs are often referred to as pictures of numbers. They capture the meaning behind a set of numbers and convey that meaning at a glance. This article discusses whether…
- Yateendra Joshi
- November 27, 2013
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…
- Yateendra Joshi
- February 4, 2015
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…
- Yateendra Joshi
- January 27, 2014
A typical data table in a research paper is a matrix of rows and columns. This post describes how the row and column headings should amplify the table title.
- Yateendra Joshi
- October 8, 2015
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…
- Dr. Vani J. Shanker
- February 26, 2014
Science Research Writing is a practical and handy guide for non-native authors who want to write research papers in English.
- Yateendra Joshi
- October 6, 2015
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,…
- Yateendra Joshi
- May 21, 2019