February 11, 2016 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh, Filipodia Publishing An abstract is a condensed summary or overview of the entire paper. As such, writing the… Read more “How to write an abstract for a scientific paper”
Category: Helpful Hints
How to write the Introduction of a scientific paper
January 14, 2016 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh, Filipodia Publishing The Introduction section can be a challenge to write, as it must manipulate the reader’s attention… Read more “How to write the Introduction of a scientific paper”
Is it “a hour” or “an hour”?
December 17, 2015 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh, Filipodia Publishing In the English language, use of the indefinite articles “A” and “An” before a noun (i.e.… Read more “Is it “a hour” or “an hour”?”
Quotation marks
December 10, 2015 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh, Filipodia Publishing The quotation marks, which come in pairs, are often used to quote a phrase, denote a… Read more “Quotation marks”
Commonly misused words in scientific and medical writing
December 3, 2015 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh, Filipodia Publishing We would like to take this opportunity to focus on the topic of the correct usages… Read more “Commonly misused words in scientific and medical writing”
i.e. versus e.g.
November 19, 2015 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh, Filipodia Publishing In this post, we will tackle a seemingly small editing item, but one which is a… Read more “i.e. versus e.g.”
Non-English language fonts can halt peer-review
November 12, 2015 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh, Filipodia Publishing Non-English language fonts are defined as “illegal” in the English language software versions that almost… Read more “Non-English language fonts can halt peer-review”
Common mistakes with mathematical signs & alphabetical statistical symbols
November 5, 2015 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh, Filipodia Publishing In order to get a manuscript published, authors should not only carry out a rigorous study… Read more “Common mistakes with mathematical signs & alphabetical statistical symbols”
Up regulation, upregulation or up-regulation? Rules of hyphenation
October 22, 2015 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh, Filipodia Publishing Prefixes that can stand alone as words (such as cross, half, and all) require hyphenation when… Read more “Up regulation, upregulation or up-regulation? Rules of hyphenation”
How to present parenthetical in-text citations
October 14, 2015 Dr. Jennifer C van Velkinburgh, Filipodia Publishing The following rules apply for paraphrasing with the author’s name in the sentence, such as “Garner… Read more “How to present parenthetical in-text citations”