A scientific literature review article provides a thorough overview of the current knowledge on a certain topic. The main goal is to consider the difficulties or knowledge gaps in the field and help to fill them out. To write one requires lots of reading, but it can be an intensely satisfying process and produce a […]
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A preprint is a scientific manuscript shared publicly on a free, open-access platform called a preprint server. There, it can receive feedback before or during the formal peer review process. This public sharing gets new research into the public eye faster, while helping find fault and ultimately produce better science. In the first 10 months
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Many scientists and scholars think of language editing as fixing up spelling and grammar (i.e., proofreading). So when they’re looking for an editor for their scientific manuscript for journals, preprints, or conferences, they think any English speaker can do the job. That can be a big mistake! Non-native English-speaking researchers usually need an inner-circle native
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The majority of research is still written up using Microsoft Word and Excel. Some researchers may also use Google Docs for its cloud-based flexibility, which is good for collaboration. However, in STEM fields such as math and physics and HSS fields such as economics, the LaTeX package, largely unchanged since the 1990s, is no less
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Update in 2021: Since I wrote this in late-2018, it’s really only gotten worse. More than ever, I see the use of Google Translate. I know this because I get the original text and drop it in Google Translate to be sure. Sure enough, it’s exactly what’s on the paper I was sent for editing.
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The novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak and pandemic has severely impacted the entire world, directly and indirectly. This means seemingly infinite new topics of research have emerged, in addition to obvious issues such as vaccines, social disobedience, and economic recovery. More rapid forms of publication have expanded. And quantitative research and qualitative research are continually needed.
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Among the various qualifications for copy editors, the ELS qualification signifies a Board-Certified Editor in the Life Sciences. It is granted by the US-based Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS). The ELS letters after an editor’s name are evidence of: an editor experienced and proficient in scientific manuscript editing; someone an employer can
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Ideally, if you need to find research articles and research papers, your literature searches start with your university’s library, and systems such as EBSCO and ProQuest. But sometimes you don’t have access to a paid library, you’re an independent researcher, or various other reasons you can’t access research articles. So, if you need academic articles
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An academic writer’s goal is not just to get published, it’s also to research and publish something that may be relevant for his or her area of investigation, promote further discussion and, even, attracts the general public. This, generally speaking, has gotten harder as time passes. For academics in struggling or underdeveloped economies, it’s even
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Jack Ma learned English out of sheer will. He would seek out tourists and converse with them, and he studies like crazy. Now he is one of the world’s richest people, riding on the massive and growing power of his company Alibaba. Ma has a unique combination of Chinese pride and international individualism. As a
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