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Chapter from Editing and Publication: A Training Manual, by Ian Montagnes.

From the AuthorAID Workshop on Research Writing Skills, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 17-21 May 2009.

An introduction to journal editing.

Advice on providing thorough, helpful peer reviews. Includes general suggestions and section-by-section advice for reviewing papers. Also discusses reviewing proposals and providing informal peer review.

Lessons on stock phrases, tenses, jargon, abbreviations, prepositions, use and misuse of English, articles, writing concisely, and revising and proofreading.

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Getting the Most out of Words

Presentation:Publishing a Journal Article

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Book:Scientific English

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