The Importance of Writing with Precision in a Thesis or Dissertation As a postgraduate student working on a thesis or dissertation, you no doubt enjoy the benefits of a primary mentor or supervisor who is an expert in your area…
Roles and Responsibilities of Journal Editors in Peer-Review Processes
Roles and Responsibilities of Journal Editors in Peer-Review Processes Most scholarly authors who submit their writing for publication in academic and scientific journals are aware that the editors of those journals play an important role in the peer review process….
Maintaining the Flow of Text while Writing a Thesis or Dissertation
Maintaining the Flow of Text while Writing a Thesis or Dissertation Life is full of distractions, and they seem to multiply in both number and kind when a student sits down to write a thesis or dissertation. The type of…
The Process of Publishing a Research Paper in a Journal
The Process of Publishing a Research Paper in a Journal Paradoxically, submitting a research paper for journal publication can feel anticlimactic. It is always a relief, of course, to get the work done and sent off on what could be…
Reporting the Facts of Your Findings in a Thesis or Dissertation
Reporting the Facts of Your Findings in a Thesis or Dissertation There is no doubt that the ways in which to present and organise a report of research results in a thesis or dissertation vary widely. The nature of an…
Writing Acknowledgements for Academic or Scientific Manuscripts
Writing Acknowledgements for Academic or Scientific Manuscripts Most academics and scientists read (or perhaps skim) many acknowledgements as they consult sources for their research, and this general familiarity with standard formats and contents is extremely helpful when it comes time…
Using Three Grammatical Structures Agreeably in a Thesis or Dissertation
Using Three Grammatical Structures Agreeably in a Thesis or Dissertation If you are not a native speaker of English, but are writing a thesis or dissertation in the language, you may find yourself struggling at times to establish agreement between…
How To Write a Research Paper for Journal Publication
How To Write a Research Paper for Journal Publication A traditional research paper published in a reputable scholarly journal remains a primary means of reporting and disseminating the methods, results and implications of advanced research. Writing an excellent research paper…
How To Choose the Right Proofreader for Your Thesis or Dissertation
How To Choose the Right Proofreader for Your Thesis or Dissertation Completing the research and writing required for a thesis or dissertation is an enormous undertaking. Whether it is considered in terms of time, effort or tuition, the investment of…
Writing an Effective Abstract for Journal Submission
Writing an Effective Abstract for Journal Submission With the exception of your covering letter, the abstract of your paper are the first things encountered by the editor considering your submission (and the very first things if you are not able…
Punctuating Sentences as Lists in Theses and Dissertations
Punctuating Sentences as Lists in Theses and Dissertations Lists are extremely effective tools for students who are writing a thesis or dissertation. A list can present a great deal of complicated material in a concise format that is especially clear…
Publishing Research as Book Chapters: Is It Worth It?
Recent discussions about publishing academic and scientific research as book chapters in edited volumes instead of as articles in scholarly journals have suggested that book chapters do not get cited nearly as often as journal articles do. With citation reports…
Structure and Order for Reporting Results in Your Thesis or Dissertation
Structure and Order for Reporting Results in Your Thesis or Dissertation The task of reporting the results of advanced research in a thesis or dissertation can be enormously challenging. In most cases, the student designing the section or chapter dedicated…
How To Respond When a Journal Editor Asks You To Do a Peer Review
How To Respond When a Journal Editor Asks You To Do a Peer Review | Tips on How to Get Your Research Published You just received a request from the editor of a reputable scientific journal asking if you would…
Forming the Future Tenses of English Verbs for Theses and Dissertations
Forming the Future Tenses of English Verbs for Theses and Dissertations Many thesis and dissertation candidates, especially those whose native language is not English, find the conjugation of English verbs somewhat tricky. For this reason, I have written a few…
The Benefits and Rewards of Peer Reviewing Journal Articles
The Benefits and Rewards of Peer Reviewing Journal Articles | Tips on How to Get Your Research Published If you are considering becoming a peer reviewer for an academic or scientific journal, you are probably already aware that there can…
English Verbs and Their Present Tenses in Theses and Dissertations
English Verbs and Their Present Tenses in Theses and Dissertations Increasing numbers of students who are writing a thesis or dissertation in the English language are not native speakers of that language. Although they may possess excellent writing skills in…
Fraud and Intentional Deception in Scientific and Academic Research
Fraud and Intentional Deception in Scientific and Academic Research ‘Oh what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive.’ (Sir Walter Scott, ‘Marmion’) Instances of fraud in academic and scientific research are on the rise. Whether this…
The Importance of Proofreading Your Thesis or Dissertation
The Importance of Proofreading Your Thesis or Dissertation Writing a thesis or dissertation is for most postgraduate students the first instance in which they are required to produce a long academic or scientific document. The content of theses and dissertations…
How To Publish in High-Impact Journals
How To Publish in High-Impact Journals High-impact journals are extremely desirable publication venues, and early-career researchers are often encouraged to submit their writing to the most prestigious journals despite low acceptance rates. Learning how to publish in high-impact journals is…
The Value of a Working Table of Contents for Your Thesis or Dissertation
The Value of a Working Table of Contents for Your Thesis or Dissertation Although every student working on a thesis or dissertation begins the project with the best of intentions and an ideal outline in mind, it often proves difficult…
How To Publish Research Presentations in Formal and Informal Ways
How To Publish Research Presentations in Formal and Informal Ways Presenting original research at conferences, symposiums, workshops and other professional meetings is an essential part of a successful academic or scientific career and it also tends to be a rewarding…
Using Word Effectively while Writing Your Thesis or Dissertation
Using Word Effectively while Writing Your Thesis or Dissertation As an efficient tool for authors, Microsoft Word can be incredibly helpful while you write your thesis or dissertation, but only if it is used effectively with an understanding of its…
How To Find Impact Factors of Journals
How To Find Impact Factors of Journals There are many excellent reasons why knowing how to find the impact factors of journals is essential for academics and scientists who publish their research. The Journal Impact Factors provided each year by…
Using Full Stops Effectively in Abbreviations for Your Thesis or Dissertation
Using Full Stops Effectively in Abbreviations for Your Thesis or Dissertation Academic and scientific writing tends to make frequent use of abbreviations to express a wide variety of concepts and terms as concisely as possible, so it is very likely…
How To Select the Right Journal for Publication
How To Select the Right Journal for Publication Very few if any academics and scientists would choose to have their writing published in a journal that is rarely read and cited by specialists in their fields – the kind of…
Using the Past Tenses of English Verbs in Theses and Dissertations
Using the Past Tenses of English Verbs in Theses and Dissertations Thesis and dissertation students who struggle with writing English prose that effectively presents their research often have difficulties when it comes to conjugating verb tenses. In this post, I…
How To Use Cover Letter Templates When Writing to Journal Editors
How To Use Cover Letter Templates When Writing to Journal Editors Templates are all the rage online and every expert offering one claims that it will simplify a necessary task, usually a task considered especially mundane or difficult. There are,…
Designing the Perfect Title for Your Thesis or Dissertation
Designing the Perfect Title for Your Thesis or Dissertation Visibility and accessibility are key issues to keep in mind when you are designing a title for your thesis or dissertation. Most researchers will find your work, or not, via the…
Explaining DOIs, ISBNs, ISSNs & Other Publication Identifiers
Explaining DOIs, ISBNs, ISSNs and Other Publication Identifiers The modern world is information rich and becoming more so with each passing day. Staggering numbers of new books, articles, reports and other texts as well as audio and visual creations across…
How To Write a Scientific Research Paper for Journal Submission
How To Write a Scientific Research Paper for Journal Submission Scientific research papers are written to communicate the reasons for conducting original research, the experimental and observational processes used in the investigation, and the key findings attained through those methods,…
What Should I Record While Reading Sources for My Thesis?
Taking Useful Notes while Consulting Sources for Your Thesis or Dissertation Chances are that you will be reading many scholarly sources, both primary and secondary, print and digital, as you work on your thesis or dissertation. The time you spend…
Tips for Describing Methodology in a Thesis or Dissertation
Tips for Describing Methodology in a Thesis or Dissertation Writing excellent scholarly text is challenging, and this is particularly the case if you are new to the composition of long and complex research-based documents, as many thesis and dissertation students…
How Can a Proofreader or Editor Help with a Rejected Manuscript
How Can a Proofreader or Editor Help with a Rejected Manuscript There are a great many ways in which a professional proofreader or editor can help an author who is coping with revising a manuscript that has been rejected by…
Writing for Your Thesis or Dissertation Supervisor for the First Time
Writing for Your Thesis or Dissertation Supervisor for the First Time There is no universal rule regarding when a thesis or dissertation student should submit the first piece of formal writing to his or her supervisor or primary mentor, or…
How To Deal with Journal Paper Rejection
How To Deal with Journal Paper Rejection Scholarly manuscripts are rejected by publishers every day. Indeed, far more books and articles submitted for consideration are declined than accepted, and it is rare for an academic or scientific manuscript to be…
Crises and Progress When Writing a Thesis or Dissertation
Crises and Progress When Writing a Thesis or Dissertation There will be crises during the thesis or dissertation process. This is so often the truth that those very few exceptions to the rule come as rarities too delightful to bring…
How To Write a Successful Scientific Manuscript for Publication
How To Write a Successful Scientific Manuscript for Publication Scientific manuscripts come in a wide variety of sizes and structures, each of them reflective of the research communicated and the reasons for which they are written. A student’s lab report,…
What Not To Do while Writing a Thesis or Dissertation
What Not To Do while Writing a Thesis or Dissertation Admittedly, there are so many things that postgraduate students should not do while writing a thesis or dissertation that a short post on the topic is little more than a…
How To Review a Journal Article in a Professional Manner
How To Review a Journal Article in a Professional Manner Acting as a peer reviewer for an academic or scientific journal is a productive way of using your expertise to benefit researchers and knowledge in your field. The time you…
Thinking and Reading Critically as a Thesis or Dissertation Student
Thinking and Reading Critically as a Thesis or Dissertation Student Since the ability to think critically is often among the skills attained while achieving an undergraduate degree, it may seem that there is little more to learn in this regard…
Citation Cartels: Manipulating the Metrics of Authors and Journals
Citation Cartels: Manipulating the Metrics of Authors and Journals For as long as academics and scientists have been writing about their research, they have also been referring to the published research of colleagues both within and outside their fields of…
How Journal Editors and Peer Reviewers Make Decisions at Journals
How Journal Editors and Peer Reviewers Make Decisions at Journals Scholarly journals vary widely – in the content they consider, in the styles and modes of presentation they prefer, in the peer-reviewing practices they use and in the reasons that…
Rules for Using Relative Pronouns Correctly in Your Thesis or Dissertation
Rules for Using Relative Pronouns Correctly in Your Thesis or Dissertation The use of relative pronouns is often necessary when producing the kind of formal prose required in a scholarly thesis or dissertation, but using relative pronouns correctly can be…
How To Publish a Research Paper in an Academic or Scientific Journal
How To Publish a Research Paper in an Academic or Scientific Journal There is no single successful formula for writing a research paper that the editor of an academic or scientific journal will find irresistibly publishable. Human interest and social…
Scheduling the Dissertation and Producing a Timeline
Scheduling the Dissertation and Producing a Timeline Although some doctoral candidates will reject the idea of a rigid schedule, hoping instead for their research and writing to rush ahead at their own speed towards a satisfactory conclusion, the fact is…
Workflow of Academic and Scientific Journal Publishing
The 12 Steps of Publishing Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals The process of publishing an academic or scientific paper in a peer-reviewed journal can be far more complicated than new authors anticipate. There are usually several key stages and many hands…
Thesis and Dissertation Support Groups and Writing Buddies
When Going It Alone Is Not the Answer when Writing your Thesis or Dissertation Advanced students writing theses and dissertations rarely proceed in a vacuum without assistance from their supervisors and committee members. No matter how conscientious and encouraging such…
Tailoring a Scientific Paper To Fit a Particular Academic Journal
Tailoring a Scientific Paper To Fit a Particular Academic Journal The ideal when seeking a journal in which to publish a scholarly paper is to discover a periodical that is exactly right. Such a journal would have a range and…
Preparing Effectively for Your Thesis or Dissertation Examination
Preparing Effectively for Your Thesis or Dissertation Examination The examination that determines whether a thesis or dissertation will be approved and the candidate awarded the degree he or she has been working towards for years usually stands as a particularly…