English for Writing Research Papers

by Adrian Wallwork

Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English usage. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, 500 abstracts by PhD students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers.

With easy-to-follow rules and tips, and with examples taken from published and unpublished papers, you will learn how
prepare and structure a manuscriptincrease readability and reduce the number of mistakes you make in English by writing concisely, with no redundancy and no ambiguityplan and organize your paper, and structure each paragraph and each sentence so that the reader can easily follow the logical build-up towards various conclusionswrite a title and an abstract that will attract attention and be readdecide what to include in the various parts of the paper (Introduction, Methodology, Discussion etc)select from over 700 useful phraseshighlight your claims and contributionavoid plagiarism and make it 100% clear whether you are referring to your own work or someone else'schoose the correct tenses and style (active or passive) The book also includes around 700 useful phrases for use in any kind for research paper.

Genres: Writing, Research, Nonfiction, Science, Academic, Academia, Reference

325 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2011

Reviews

[J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wanted to write a medical paper and I was totally lost. This book helped me a lot in my mission. This book guided me through every step in the process of writing. What I like most about the book is that it gives a lot of real examples from published papers, gives you the chance to learn by giving you pre- and post-correction versions of texts, and finally, that it has a collection of useful phrases, expressions, and words to use when you feel yourself not able to express yourself. I read at least 2/3 of the book. I am planning certainly to read it all and review it always because I am currently considering it as my "research-guidance bible". I do not know if there are better books out there.

[Mohammad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its last chapter contains interesting suggestions to improve the quality of your manuscript!

[Anjar Priandoyo · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is very good. The best for writing papers. But for me, I think its too much. This should be used for a reference book. I will check this book later in the future hopefully.

[Hafiza Abas · Rating 5 out of 5]

the best ref book for post grad students

[Sam Macharia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good reference for researchers. Though not to be followed religiously.

[Muyu]

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[Chika · Rating 5 out of 5]

This writing guide is very helpful!