Is Your Image the Whole Truth?
It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Images are a powerful addition to a scientific manuscript—they can help clarify what has been said in the text and can…
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Improving Clarity and Color in Scientific Images
For a scientific image to be effective, its meaning must be readily understood. There are three main areas to consider when constructing a graphic image to accurately represent…
Preparing Your Best Artwork for Journals
Modern science has long relied on published manuscript articles as the primary vehicle to communicate research. An indispensable feature of nearly all manuscripts—especially in the…
Softwares for Creating Scientific Images and Figures
In the process of academic research, the data obtained by researchers can only mean something when it gets published. Part of the publishing process involves being able to generate…
Avoiding Fraudulent Image Manipulation in Academic Research
The saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words” is very applicable to scientific data as this data is more than just numbers and charts but is also pictures and images. Many…
Presenting Figures and Their Importance in Research Papers
The old adage that a picture tells a thousand words can be very true in research articles. Used correctly, figures provide efficient visual presentations of your qualitative or…
How to Create Precise Graphs, Diagrams or Images in a Research Paper
According to the American psychologist Howard Gardner, human intelligence can be divided into seven categories: visual-spatial, bodily kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal,…
Research Writing: Catch Their Eye With Graphics
Remember the time when journal articles were black and white? Black and white print, black and white illustrations, with X’s and hollow O’s and solid O’s to show the different…