There is a diverse array of research papers that one can find in academic writing. Research papers are a rigorous combination of knowledge, thinking, analysis, research, and writing. Early career researchers and students need to know that research papers can be of fundamentally different types. Generally, they combine aspects and …
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In the early 1900s, if you asked someone to select the language of science, English would have ranked low on the list. German, French, and Italian would have been considered more favorable options, as researchers and scientists often preferred to communicate their ideas in their native languages. However, around 1918, …
Plagiarism prevention may not be top of mind for students and researchers who produce their original ideas and writing. In fact, some may dare to ask what’s the brouhaha about plagiarism checks anyway? So let’s explain this simply. Say you build a tower out of wooden blocks. Each block has …
Plagiarism, while often unintentional and accidental, is considered a serious ethical misstep, one that can undermine the credibility of research outcomes, harm your reputation, and erode academic integrity. With the use of standard expressions in academic writing, and the fact that research often emerges from the gaps in published literature, …
While the market boasts an abundance of AI writing tools, these general-purpose solutions often fall short in the demanding world of academic writing. They lack the depth and focus required to produce high-quality research papers. This absence of specialized academic writing tools creates significant challenges for students, which extend beyond writing …
If we think of reading a book as a journey, chapters are like milestones that show how far we’ve come. But calling them just milestones is too simplistic an explanation – chapters do more than that in both academic and non-academic books. They guide the reader through a well-structured journey, …
Authors and research students often get anxious when it comes to citing sources in academic writing. For most, this is a task done at the far end of the research writing process, where they face the challenge of including proper citations collected over a long period. While many are disciplined …
Self-plagiarism in research should be strictly avoided. Yet, it’s quite common to find early career researchers, and sometimes even experienced scholars, who do not know what this constitutes. Simply put, self-plagiarism, also known as text recycling or duplicate publication, is when a researcher reuses parts of their previously published work …
A literature review is a critical analysis and synthesis of existing research on a particular topic. It provides an overview of the current state of knowledge, identifies gaps, and highlights key findings in the literature.1 The purpose of a literature review is to situate your own research within the context …
The most challenging part about writing a scientific paper is getting started. After spending months and sometimes years conducting research, creating notes, and collecting data, researchers often find themselves struggling with how to present their work in the form of a well-written scientific paper. This is not surprising, given that …