2016

In this article, we will explain how to further narrow down your search for a target journal. But before moving further, let us recap Steps 1 to 3. Step 1: List the field of study and related fields Step 2: Find journals related to…

A recent survey was conducted asking 270 scientists what are some of the biggest problems in science. The question asked to the scientists being, “If you could change one thing about how science works today, what would it be and why?” The…

One of the motivations behind Peer Review Week 2015 was to highlight the amount of work that scientists do as peer reviewers and how vital that work is to the scholarly communication process. This year, this issue has become the defining…

Peer review is a fundamental and irreplaceable part of scholarly communication. However, it is often a role and a process that is overlooked or taken for granted. To recognize the contribution of peer reviewers to scholarly publishing, in…

This article will help you develop skills to improve your writing in Engineering and Biomedicine. An important aspect of academic style includes the organizational conventions for reporting research. This involves selecting the sections…

In our last post, we discussed the elements that are always included in the title page regardless of the journal chosen for publication (i.e., Article title, Author names, Author affiliations, Corresponding author information). In this…

The title page is the first page of your article, and therefore it is important to have a well-formatted title page that clearly represents your paper. This page should include all the information necessary for a reader to identify the…

We hope that by now you are familiar with number conventions in formal writing. You can refer to Part 1 and Part 2 in this series, for a quick recap. In this post, we will provide a simple rule of thumb and some exceptions for our…

Continuing from the last post, here is the second post in our series of simple rules on number conventions in formal writing. Rule #6 Spell out numbers that express the time, but use numerals if you use AM and PM times based on the…

The rules regarding numbers in writing vary among academic disciplines. The conventions within engineering, for example, may differ from those within economics. In this article, we present 10 rules or guidelines to spell out numbers. Note…