How to Use Adverbs Effectively in Journal Manuscripts
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Adverbs, the lesser known offspring of adjectives and verbs, are words that modify the original meaning of their parents – the…
Adverbs, the lesser known offspring of adjectives and verbs, are words that modify the original meaning of their parents – the…
A few years ago, we had a lab meeting to discuss a paper in Plos Computational Biology on “Ten Simple (Empirical) Rules for…
When I talk to people about impact evaluation results, I often get two reactions: Sure, that intervention delivered great…
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A few weeks ago I submitted an application for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral…
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Research papers containing abstracts that are shorter and consist of more commonly used words accumulate citations more…
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Everything else being equal, you would expect short and simple papers to get a wider readership. Long sentences, complicated…
When writing the abstracts for journal articles, most scientists receive similar advice: keep it short, dry, and simple. But a…