All Questions
Tagged with publications writing-style
166
questions
3
votes
1
answer
588
views
References must be cited vs. need not be cited
In reviewing publishing guidelines prior to submission to a journal, it is listed that "References need not be cited in text." This is also listed in the style guide for the associated professional ...
- 31
7
votes
5
answers
8k
views
If I define acronyms in the abstract, should I define them again in the rest of the paper?
I've noticed in some papers (CS) that even if the authors define acronyms in the abstract, they restate them once again in the rest of the paper. It is like "what happens in the abstract stays in the ...
- 3,499
2
votes
2
answers
333
views
Flow of the Discussion section
Some journals expect the Discussion to have the following structure and order (with some flexibility):
summary of results
strengths and weaknesses
interpretation/context/comparison with previous ...
- 4,763
0
votes
1
answer
108
views
Inline referencing chapters, sections, subsections, etc [duplicate]
I am currently in the process of writing my Master's thesis using the LaTeX class supplied by my university. This class uses a document structure similar to report: Starting with chapters, then ...
1
vote
1
answer
991
views
More or less sections/subsections in a journal article?
When writing an academic paper, sections help organize the paper and make it more navigable for the reader. I can imagine a number of pros/cons of having more or less sections in a paper, but I'm not ...
- 5,119
6
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Writing High-Quality Research Papers [closed]
I have submitted a manuscript to a reputable journal, the article was rejected because it didn't pass the grammar check. The journal editor also mentioned the low quality of the figures.
My ex-...
user39171
2
votes
0
answers
119
views
How to change a style guide
I'm an engineering graduate student whose high school English teachers drilled to use active voice. Now that I'm reading and writing technical papers, I can't stand the often ambiguous and verbose ...
- 777
21
votes
6
answers
5k
views
How can I make the introduction of a paper more "scientific" and less "popular"?
I am a master's student about to start writing my thesis. After I wrote my research proposal, my advisor said that when I write my thesis, I should make it less "popular" (I believe he referred mainly ...
- 1,438
26
votes
8
answers
5k
views
How to improve scientific writing skills?
What do you do to write better proposals, grants, and papers?
Do you think reading books about how to write scientific content is a good way to improve it?
- 1,327
1
vote
3
answers
4k
views
Confusion about writing acronyms in section title
In writing one article, I came across situation where my section title has one long word which I wanted to use with acronym later on. Now should I put acronym in section title or repeat word in text ...
- 1,029
2
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Introduction depends on preliminaries. What to do?
I am writing a paper but have the following problem. The introduction section requires basic knowledge of things introduced in the preliminaries. As I understand it, it is customary (in computer ...
- 781
3
votes
2
answers
318
views
how to specify 'pseudo-random seed' in publication, any reference?
Following suggestions for my post here "Should results of a journal paper always be reproducible?", I have done the simulation using a particular seed in the first part of my result section. Now the ...
- 3,496
4
votes
2
answers
510
views
Is 15 sections too many for a journal article?
I am planning to write a journal article about real-world algorithms solving a practical problem for an IEEE Computer Society transactions journal. The section outline currently is as follows:
...
- 1,285
4
votes
1
answer
6k
views
Repeat acronym in conclusion
Can I use acronyms and abbreviations in the conclusion of a scientific paper or should I avoid them?
Even though the main idea of acronyms and abbreviations is to avoid repetition, my impression is ...
- 175
2
votes
3
answers
5k
views
Should I present future research directions in a separate section while writing a scientific paper? [closed]
Should I present future research directions in a separate section while writing a scientific paper? Or to mention it in its related section?
- 814