AUTHOR'S ENGLISH WRTING GUIDE

How to Write a Scientific Abstract

Abstracts are the second thing a reader looks at when they find a paper of possible interest to their work, with the first being the title. Both the abstract and title act as careful summaries of your study. The title indicates the key findings while the abstract summarizes the study aims and rationale, as well as how the findings were obtained and interpreted. If an abstract does not succinctly describe your study’s aims, background, methods, results, and main findings, other scientists may choose not to read the paper, include it in their work, or cite it. The important scientific contr…

How to select a journal for paper submission

Selecting a journal for paper submission is difficult and requires careful thought. The four main factors to consider when deciding on a journal are visibility, cost, prestige, and speed of publication. In addition, there are two main types of journals: traditional and open access. A final factor to consider is each journal’s Impact Factor.   Open Access or Traditional https://www.aje.com/arc/making-the-choice-open-access-vs-traditional-journals/   Traditional journals require individuals or institutions to purchase a subscription to read the papers they publish. As their …

How does outstanding native-speaker editing enhance peer-reviewed journal acceptance and citation success for researchers?

Often journals will not consider papers for review that do not express their findings in expertly crafted scientific English. Further, scientists often will not cite papers that do not report results in well written scientific English. As a result, journals will recommend native English-speaking editors who can correct awkward writing before or during the peer review process.  There are many companies who provide such services, and most strive to provide low prices. eWorld Editing employs outstanding native English-speaking experts with many  years of scientific paper editing expe…

Google Scholar: A Useful Tool for Technical Phrasing

Google Scholar is a vast database of scientific literature provided by Google and is used by many researchers during the literature review process. Beyond identifying key publications and citations, it is an incredibly useful tool to ensure that you are using field-specific terms in a way that is both grammatically correct and broadly understood by others in your field.By entering a phrase or group of terms into the search bar, Google Scholar retrieves various scientific publications that include those terms. This will give you various examples of how such terms and phrases are used in context…

Five Ways to Make Your Science Writing More Concise

Conciseness, which is related to conservative word choice, is important to effective writing. A helpful way of thinking about conciseness is that it is generally better to use fewer words. Conciseness keeps your writing understandable and focused. It avoids clutter, which can be confusing even to native speakers, and emphasizes the key aspects of your research. Writing concisely is particularly important when developing abstracts and summaries or submitting to journals with strict word count limits. While it is often necessary when conveying complex ideas, including a lot of information in on…