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Unless a native English speaker learns another language, he or she can never truly appreciate how difficult the English language really is. For example, articles (a, an, the) simply do not exist in many languages, particularly Asian languages, which makes it incredibly difficult for a non-native English...

The first step in writing a paper for publication is to identify the target journal, as this will determine your audience and the level of scrutiny by the referees. It will also influence your writing style, the length and the format of the paper. Most journals have specific formatting and submission...

The scientific community is large and very active. Publishing research results in peer-reviewed journals is the best way to communicate your results to a wide audience. However, as most internationally classified journals are published in the English language, the scientists for whom English is not the...

Writing a research paper for a peer-reviewed journal can be a challenge, in particular if you are writing as a first-time author. However, this is usually not an isolated process and you would have, by this stage, co-authored some publications with your colleagues or external collaborators. Nevertheless,...

Writing at any level can be a daunting prospect. Whether you are a college student writing an essay, or a scientist submitting a paper to a peer-reviewed journal, you will probably at some point start to wonder if the style and content of your manuscript is as good as it can be. Thus before you even...