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How to turn your thesis into an article
Writing skills
No matter how novel your research, or how much time you’ve invested in your work, you still need to pay attention to some basic writing rules if you want to get published.
Our writing skills modules contain some helpful advice so you can ensure poor use of language or sloppy article structure doesn’t let you down.
You will discover the 10 most common mistakes researchers make in their manuscripts, from ambiguity and inconsistency to incorrect referencing. And then, of course, there’s the ethics issue of plagiarism….
We also look at the topic of manuscript language in detail, and offer some advice on where you can find support to improve it.
What you will learn
- Information on common writing mistakes
- Advice on how to avoid those errors
- A guide to correct manuscript language
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Topic
- Certified Peer Reviewer Course
- Job search
- Finding the right journal
- Career planning
- (-) Social impact
- Research collaborations
- Book writing
- Writing skills
- Publishing in the Chemical Sciences
- Open science
- Funding
- Career guidance
- Fundamentals of manuscript preparation
- Ensuring visibility
- Becoming a peer reviewer
- Research data management
- Fundamentals of publishing
- Fundamentals of peer review
- Ethics
- Technical writing skills
- Going through peer review
Type
Language
Language
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