English Editing Research Services
An unfinished paper is a waste of time and effort. It may also be the result of poor planning. Plan ahead and it’s almost impossible for your manuscript to go unfinished. Use these 5 proven practices to finish your work and get published.
Graphical abstracts are a concise, visual way to take advantage of the expanding role of online publications for scientific journals. Here’s what they involve and how you can get help creating yours.
Amazingly, many researchers have never considered writing a review. Perhaps because it seems like such a big task. We’ve developed a 4-step method to give you and your colleagues a roadmap to quick publication and impact that extends into the future.
Writing a scientific literature review paper can establish your authority in your field while enhancing your own knowledge. These tips will get you going on your own review article.
Choosing the first author and corresponding author in a scientific manuscript, as well as a guarantor, is easier when you know expectations and requirements. Get the details in this article.
The abstract is a short summary of your manuscript. It is extremely important that your abstract is well prepared and sufficiently represents your paper, because the abstract is often the only part of paper that will be read.
A plain language summary (PLS) is an abstract that way more people can understand. It’s a key way to communicate your science to the world. Learn how this “simple” tool can boost your impact.
Even native English speakers make lots of English mistakes. For ESL/EFL speakers, it’s even harder to get it right. But in science you MUST use precise, correct English. Do you know your 3 magical Cs? Find out here.
STOP using these USELESS or unprofessional WORDS and PHRASES in your research writing! (FREE PDFs)
Feeling TENSE about verbs? Dr. Dyke is here to help! In this short video, learn which verb tense to use for each section of your research paper.
Ensuring your paper has the highest possible chance of being sent out for peer review by the academic editor is the first part of the publishing process. English quality and readability are therefore very, very, very important!
“Which” and “that” are commonly confused. In some cases, they’re interchangeable, but usually, a comma or another fix, or a replacement, is needed. Read on to find out how to use them.
scientific writing tends to be more formal and traditional, so sentences beginning with and or but should be avoided altogether. How about sentences beginning with “due to”, “because”, or “however”? Find out here.
There are grammar rules for citing past research. This is especially important in your introduction and when you’re reporting results. Take a quiz and learn more.
Articles (a, an, the) are adjectives that modify nouns. If they’re used incorrectly the reader may wonder if you’re referring to a specific thing or to a non-specific item or category. Here’s how to get them right.
Read this to clear up your confusion about incorrect nomenclature to describe changes in levels of genes, their mRNAs, or the proteins that they encode.
“As” is just two letters, and it can be used in a variety of ways. This can be confusing, but you can get it right. As New Zealanders say, “Sweet as!” Start with a quiz.
Which “which” is which? Arrgh! Let’s get to the grammar behind this word that many researchers confuse. Start with a quiz.
“Since”, “because”, “as”… all pretty much the same, right? Well, since you asked, how about a quick quiz?
“While” can mean “at the same time”, but, as is often true in English, there are more ways to use it. Learn them and you’ll sound even smarter. Start with this quiz.
Don’t let choosing the right grammatical tense make you tense. This is one of the trickier parts of grammar, especially in scientific writing; but once you master it, you’ll be working at a more mature and sophisticated level.
“That” and “who” – some are people and some aren’t. That’s the key to using “that” and “who”. Take a quiz to learn more.
Take a quiz on the correct use of “however”. It may not be as easy as you think.
“That” and “which” may sometimes be interchangeable in US and UK English, but there are key differences. Take a quiz and learn more.
BioMed Central partnered with Edanz to produce this white paper showing the importance of English language editing of your research.