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Chew (1991) surveyed manuscripts rejected by the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) to investigate whether they had been published. If yes, then when and where. The results showed that 82% of the major papers and 70% of the case…

To support the Zika research effort, Enago’s partner FSG has announced that they are offering free access to top Zika-related research articles. In a bid to aid the ongoing effort to develop effective treatments, and ultimately a…

What is an Abstract in a Research Paper? An abstract is a self-contained, short, and powerful statement that covers the main points of a piece of writing. Unlike executive summaries written for non-specialist audiences, abstracts use the…

While prepositions are limited in number, they are important because they act as vital markers to the structure of a sentence; they mark special relationships between persons, objects, and locations. Prepositions hold a privileged position…

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 meaning. But no matter how many adjectives, adverbs, and…

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 inclusive space and endeavor of achieving equality and the…

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 usage became widespread from the 18th century onwards and…

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 manuscript. Nowadays, the manuscript submission process is completely…

Denver, CO: Founded in 1957, the mission of Council of Science Editors (CSE) is to be an authoritative resource on current and emerging issues in the communication of scientific information. Science Editor, the official print-and-online…

Philadelphia, PA: Enago attended the International Society of Managing & Technical Editors’ (ISMTE) 9th Annual North American Conference, held this year in Philadelphia. The event brought together professionals engaged in publishing…