Ten Steps to Writing an Effective Case Report (Part 2)
In our previous article, we discussed the first 5 steps in writing an effective Case Report. Here, let us look at the remaining 5 steps.
Step 6: Deciding the Contents of the Case…
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– Ernest Hemingway
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Writing the Title Page (Part 2)
In our last post, we discussed the elements that are always included in the title page regardless of the journal chosen for publication (i.e., Article title, Author names, Author…
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Numbers in Writing: Guidelines for Life Sciences and Medicine (Part 3)
We hope that by now you are familiar with number conventions in formal writing. You can refer to Part 1 and Part 2 in this series, for a quick recap.
In this post, we will…
Numbers in Writing: 10 Simple Rules (Part 2)
Continuing from the last post, here is the second post in our series of simple rules on number conventions in formal writing.
Rule #6
Spell out numbers that express the time, but…