Publishing your research in an international journal is key to your success in academia. This guide is based on a study of over 1000 manuscripts and reviewers' reports revealing why papers written by non-native researchers are often rejected due to problems with English usage and poor structure and content.



With easytofollow rules and tips, and examples taken from published and unpublished papers, you will learn how to: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

decide what to include in the various parts of the paper (Introduction, Methodology, Discussion etc)

highlight your claims and contribution

avoid plagiarism

discuss the limitations of your research

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 titles in 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 Interacting on Campus



English for Academic CVs, Resumes, and Online Profiles



English for Academic Research: A Guide for TeachersAdrian 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.