AI hallucination is inevitable. You’ve probably experienced it yourself when using AI for academic writing: you ask AI to summarize a paper or answer a technical query, and it responds with something that sounds brilliant. Confident tone, precise phrasing, even citations that look perfectly formatted. But look closer, and you …
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Product Updates
AI Disclosures in Academic Writing: When and How to Acknowledge AI Use
by Riddhi ShahGenerative AI tools are now an integral part of academic writing. From summarizing literature and structuring arguments to paraphrasing dense text and polishing grammar, students and researchers are using AI …
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Academic Writing Guides
Word Reduction Basics: 13 Tips to Shorten Your Thesis or Paper (without Losing the Meaning)
Shorter manuscripts often read more clearly, communicate ideas more effectively, and makes it easier for reviewers to follow your argument. But finding a balance between being clear and brief when …
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Qualitative research relies on credible, high-quality sources, and peer-reviewed articles are among the most trusted. A peer-reviewed article is a scholarly publication that has undergone a rigorous peer review process, …
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News & Updates
The Intersection of Human Expertise & AI in Future Research: Global Survey
by Stuti ShahAI is now intertwined with everything we do in academia—research, peer review, publishing, and even learning. While many have embraced its possibilities, others are still navigating questions around ethics, integrity, …
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A critique is a formal evaluation by an individual about a body of work. This formal analysis is the author’s personal opinion, whether positive or negative, about different aspects of …
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If you’re at the stage where you need to choose a journal, I know how overwhelmed and stressed out you may feel. As of 2025, there are almost 47,000 active …
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Academic Writing Guides
Experimental Research: Definition, Examples, and Types of Designs
by Dhanya AlexExperimental research is a cornerstone of scientific investigation, providing a structured approach to understanding cause-and-effect relationships. At its core, it seeks to answer the question of what is experimental research …
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Press Releases
CACTUS Partners with American Physical Society to Automate Technical Checks Using Paperpal Preflight
by Stuti ShahCactus Communications (CACTUS), a global technology leader offering AI-driven and expert solutions for the scholarly publishing community, has announced a partnership with the American Physical Society (APS) to automate technical …
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Academic research has never been more demanding or competitive, with over 5 million academic articles being published annually as of 2022. Manually reviewing literature to find the most relevant information …
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Completing a thesis is a major milestone, but turning it into a publishable research paper is a different challenge altogether. Many researchers struggle with condensing a long, descriptive thesis into …
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You’ve spent months, maybe years, gathering data, refining arguments, and shaping your thesis into something you’re proud of. But once it’s submitted, most theses slip quietly into university archives or …
