Understanding the Usage of “Majority”
Like an indivisible nucleus at the center of an atom, the subject-verb pair unifies the sentence. It can be surrounded by any number of modifying words, taking on new shades of…
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Why Is It Important to Use Gender-Inclusive Language in Academic Writing?
The pseudo generic “he,” that is, the usage of “man” to denote all of humanity assumes that the default and normal human being is male. While there are more pressing issues in the…
Why English Language Editing Is Imperative for Non-Native Speakers
English is the lingua franca of the world and is one of the six official international languages of the United Nations. While the spread of English has a somber colonial past, its…
Instructions to Authors – for Beginners (Part 3)
In our last post, we spoke about preparing the manuscript for submission to a particular journal. As the next step, this article discusses the typical process to submit a…
How to Develop Your Own Voice in Academic Writing
Whether concerning physics or psychology, academic writing has the reputation of being dense and impenetrable. Rumor has it that only six people in the world understood Einstein’s…
Top 6 Tips to Optimize Sentence Length in Your Research Paper
Academic writing conveys clear and accurate information, and to this end, places a high premium on well-constructed, carefully thought-out content. Alas! Many a time, these…
Types of Open Access Publications
The term Open Access encompasses a variety of research contributions intended for dissemination to the research community. These can be broadly classified into two types:
(1)…
A Guide to SI Units and Their Usage
Physical quantities like weights and measures have been standardized through a network of international agreements which collectively form the SI or International System of Units…
How to Defend a Dissertation
A candidate for an advanced degree must write up his research in a dissertation and then defend it orally before his committee. The dissertation defense comes after the long and…
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,…
Primer on Coercive Citation in Academic Publishing
There are plenty of methods for senior personalities to include their names in academic journals, even without participating in researches. There are also many ways to force…
Conceptual Vs. Empirical Research: Which Is Better?
Scientific research is often divided into two classes: conceptual research and empirical research. There used to be distinct ways of doing research and a researcher would proudly…