English for Writing Research Papers - Paperback

by Adrian Wallwork (Author)

At least two-thirds of published scientific papers are written by researchers whose first language is not English
20% of the comments referees make when reviewing papers for possible publication in international journals regard English language issues
In some disciplines, acceptance rate by journals of papers originating from the US/UK is 30.4%, and is higher than all other countries

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Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide draws on over 1000 manuscripts and reviewers' reports revealing why papers written by non-native researchers may be rejected due to poor English.

With easy-to-follow rules and tips, 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
• write the sections of a paper (Introduction, Methods, etc)
• choose the correct tenses and style
• satisfy the requirements of editors and reviewers

This edition has two completely new chapters covering machine translation and using AI tools (e.g. chatbots, paraphrasers, editing tools) to improve and correct the English of a text.

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Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 40 English Language Teaching (ELT) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students and researchers from 50 countries to write papers. He edits research manuscripts through his own proofreading and editing agency.

Author Biography

Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 40 English Language Teaching (ELT) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students and researchers from 50 countries to write papers. He edits research manuscripts through his own proofreading and editing agency.