Journal Guidelines

One of the most neglected aspects of journal submission is the cover letter. Although it may seem like a formality, the cover letter is actually an important part of the submission…

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…

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…

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…

While we are constantly editing research material to ensure that authors and researchers go on to being published, an insight into what leads journal editors to accept articles is…

In our last post, we talked about the purpose and criteria of journals. Here we will discuss the actual preparation of the manuscript, rightly called "Manuscript Preparation." We…

Most journals list the scope and audience of the journal on their homepage itself, and that’s the page most authors visit when first perusing a journal. However, authors must…

In our last post, we spoke about preparing the manuscript for submission to a particular journal. As the next step, this article discusses the typical process to submit a…

Whether concerning physics or psychology, academic writing has the reputation of being dense and impenetrable. Rumor has it that only six people in the world understood Einstein’s…

The term Open Access encompasses a variety of research contributions intended for dissemination to the research community. These can be broadly classified into two types: (1)…

Physical quantities like weights and measures have been standardized through a network of international agreements which collectively form the SI or International System of Units…

What is the Chicago Manual of Style? The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS), usually truncated to the "Chicago style," is a method of formatting and citation that was first published…