Tag: Finishing touches

Inconsistency is one of the most common errors made by authors writing scholarly manuscripts. View our checklist for manuscript consistency.

Here, we discuss small stylistic and formatting touches that may help to increase the clarity of clinical case reports.

Journal cover letters are your chance to lobby on behalf of your manuscript. This AJE Journal Cover Letter Guide offers some useful tips for getting them right. It also includes a free journal cover letter template.

Word limits can be frustrating, but there are several ways to reduce your abstract's word count in a pinch.

Here, we highlight three additional strategies for concise writing: eliminating unnecessary spaces, repetition of units, and wordy transitions.

• The abstract is a very important part of your research paper.
• Follow these six tips to make the most of a small amount of space.
• Provide clear conclusions but avoid overselling your work.

This article provides best practices on how (and when) to edit your research manuscript.

Although standards for writing legends for your figures vary from journal to journal, there are a few common principles that may help to ensure clarity.

The unnecessary use of abbreviations in figures can make a paper more difficult to read and may be particularly troublesome for journal reviewers.