8 Tips To Improve Your Scientific Writing Skill 

Style

Scientific writing should be in a formal style with correct grammar, spelling and orthographic rules. 

Voice

Passive voice or more specifically— a third person is used for scientific writing, instead of ‘I’ or ‘we’. 

Tense

Use present tense throughout your writing even though you are referring to the previous research. 

Short Form

Common short forms like e.g. are avoided, instead, the whole word is used. 

Abbreviations 

Give a prior list of abbreviations if you use any short forms in your writing. 

Expression 

Expressions like doesn’t, can’t, don’t, and aren’t are also avoided during scientific writing, instead of that the full form is used. 

Use of “I” 

Instead of “I” always use “we” to demonstrate your study and study results. Use “I” only if you have your own opinion or interpretation you are mentioning. 

Authentication 

Use correct citations and references to avoid plagiarism, give credit to the original author and authenticate your writing. 

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