English for Writing Research Papers

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. Other titlesin this series: Grammar, Usage and Style Grammar, Vocabulary, and Writing Exercises (three volumes) 100 Tips to Avoid Mistakes in Academic Writing and Presenting English for Presentations at International Conferences English for Academic Correspondence English for Academic CVs, Resumes, and Online Profiles English for Academic Research: A Guide for Teachers 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.