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In an article in the Information Management Journal, Dr. Richard Cox, professor of information science at the University of Pittsburgh, discusses essentials for enhancing technical writing skills for professional development and publication. Dr. Cox points out the many difficulties in professional writing today and says, “The greatest barrier preventing professionals from contributing to the professional literature...
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Many scientists approach all writing tasks the same way. But as Adam Przeworski and Frank Salomon note in On the Art of Writing Proposals, writing for research funding “is an art quite different from research work itself.” Each type of scientific writing — journal articles, literature reviews, grant proposals — has a different goal, and a different audience. Understanding how to clearly communicate...
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