Vague quantification in the scientific journal article

Vague quantification in the scientific journal article

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How to Write a Scientific Article for a Medical Journal?

Writing for a medical journal is an exciting moment because it represents the outcome and recognition of an ardous process. Only through a clear and through writing can a research be translated properly to clinical practice for the benefit of the patient community. Writing an article by an author and publishing an article by an editor are both key quality issues. Both of them should know the ex...

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Four lines of evidence support a central role for H. pylori and PUD: (1) the natural history of H. pylori infection, (2) epidemiologic data, (3) outcomes after cure of H. pylori infection in patients with PUD, and (4) the frequent development of gastric ulcers in H. pylori-infected Mongolian gerbils. With so much circumstantial evidence and with Koch's postulates arguably fulfilled for a direct...

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The extent to which the passive voice is used in the scientific journal article, 1985–2015

Some recent research has suggested that use of the passive voice in scientific writing has declined over the last few years. This study attempts to see to what extent that is true. The corpus consists of 32 scientific articles with 8 taken from the publications of the Royal Society of London for each of the years 1985, 1995, 2005 and 2015. Half of the articles are from Series A (physical scienc...