Writing in Chemistry (Part 1)
In this article, we state the rules about the format and content of an academic paper in the field of chemistry and describe the scientific conventions used in chemistry papers.…
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Summarizing and Paraphrasing in Academic Writing
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn to write. Let them think you were born that way.”
– Ernest Hemingway
Plato considers art (and therefore writing) as being…
Importance of the Results Section in Academic Papers
The function of the Results section is to objectively present your key results, without interpretation, and in an orderly and logical sequence using both illustrative materials…
Importance of the “Methods” Section in Academic Papers
This section of a research article is often written first since it is usually the most concrete and specific part of the text, and thus easiest to write. In the hourglass described…
Academic Writing in Science: An Overview
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…
Writing the Title Page (Part 2)
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…
Writing the Title Page (Part 1)
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…
Numbers in Writing: Guidelines for Life Sciences and Medicine (Part 3)
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…
Numbers in Writing: 10 Simple Rules (Part 2)
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…
Numbers in Writing: 10 Simple Rules (Part 1)
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…
Pointers for Academic Writing (Part 3)
In this post, we are going to deal with phrases used to compare results and those used to cite work by other authors.
Comparison to Previous Results
The purpose of the Discussion…
Pointers for Academic Writing (Part 2)
Continuing from the previous post, here are some more pointers for using phrases effectively.
5. Phrases to Show Emphasis
Some phrases are used to draw the readers’ attention to…