Introducing the I in IMRaD Scientists often struggle to paper introductions. Introductions are often short (in some journals 1-2 paragraphs) and when we edit manuscripts, we commonly see Read More
Why do we advocate open access publishing outside of the commercial publishing ecosphere? At Publisher Pro, we advocate independent open access publishing because over the last 40 years, we've watched commercial journal publishers extract free labor from Read More
10 Tips on Managing Research Notes and Increasing Productivity Here, we give tips on keeping your research organized for paper and dissertation writing, when the end goal is a published thesis or manuscript. Read More
What’s IMRaD? Why do scientific papers need a formal structure? The predictability of the IMRaD structure is its strength. We learn to quickly skim a scientific paper to extract the information we need, Read More
Are scientific papers objective? Subjective judgement frames experiments because they do not take place in a moral or historical vacuum. In medicine, for example, we may operate on Read More
What’s in an Introduction? Once a paper’s message is clear, writing a brief, targeted introduction is easy, especially if you’re organized and have kept track of the literature Read More
