English for Writing Research Papers, 2nd Edition
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- Synopsis
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Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide is based on a study of over 1000 manuscripts and reviewers' reports revealing why papers written by non-native researchers are often rejected due to problems with English usage and poor structure and content.
With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and examples taken from published and unpublished papers, you will learn how to:
* prepare and structure a manuscript
* increase readability and reduce the number of mistakes you make in English by writing concisely, with no redundancy and no ambiguity
* write a title and an abstract that will attract attention and be read
* decide what to include in the various parts of the paper (Introduction, Methodology, Discussion etc)
* highlight your claims and contribution
* avoid plagiarism
* discuss the limitations of your research
* choose the correct tenses and style
* satisfy the requirements of editors and reviewers
This new edition contains over 40% new material, including two new chapters, stimulating factoids, and discussion points both for self-study and in-class use.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783319260945
- Publisher:
- Springer US
- Date of Addition:
- 09/08/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Education, Language Arts
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.