Scientific Papers: Is Readability Declining?
Are scientific papers getting more difficult to comprehend? According to a report in BioRxiv, the readability of scientific texts has been declining significantly. Science articles…
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How to write and structure academic manuscripts
Writing a Good Research Title: Things to Avoid
When writing manuscripts, too many scholars neglect the research title. This phrase, along with the abstract, is what people will mostly see and read online. Title research of…
How to Write a Running Head
Some journals or style guides require papers to have a running head. But, what is a running head? A running head is a short version of the paper title that is printed as a heading…
Quick Guide to Biostatistics in Clinical Research: Regression Analysis
We have been looking at various ways in which statistics is essential in all clinical trial phases. We have examined hypothesis testing, error types, p-values, power, sample size…
Quick Guide to Biostatistics in Clinical Research: Multiplicity
Clinical trials very often involve performing multiple comparisons on the clinical data. This leads to multiplicity problem. The multiplicity problem occurs because the more…
Quick Guide to Biostatistics in Clinical Research: Sample Size
Biostatistics plays a critical role in helping clinical researchers determine the value of their findings. It is important in calculating the sample size, determining the power of…
Quick Guide to Biostatistics in Clinical Research: Types of Errors
Earlier in this article series, we looked at the importance of the hypothesis in clinical trials and clinical research. Now we will look at the types of statistical errors that can…
Quick Guide to Biostatistics in Clinical Research: Hypothesis Testing
In this article series, we will be looking at some of the important concepts of biostatistics in clinical trials and clinical research. Statistics is frequently used to analyze…
Graphical Abstracts for Presenting Results
A graphical abstract is used to sum up a manuscript’s results in one neat little package so that the person reading the research paper can see the results at a glance without…
Rapid Communication: Prestige and Priority in Scientific Publication
A Rapid Communication (RC) or Short Communication is a scientific paper that is published swiftly and is of a shorter length than an original research article. Scientists use this…
12 Tips to Reduce Manuscript Word Count
Have you experienced writing a manuscript that seems to go on and on, is exceedingly verbose, and repeats ideas and words throughout the document? Have you been asked to reduce the…
How to Write a Successful Research Proposal
A research proposal is essentially a plan for work in order to test a hypothesis or set of hypotheses in order to answer a research question. One of the most important things to…