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How to write effectively for international journals

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  1. Simon Wang

    1. Simon Wang is a lecturer in English at the Language Centre of Hong Kong Baptist University.

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  2. Yongyan Li

    1. Yongyan Li is an associate professor of English at the Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong.

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Scholars whose first language is not English often struggle to publish their research in international journals. As university language teachers and researchers, we have spent years working with novice scholars from various disciplines to help them improve their manuscripts for publication. Here, we offer a few suggestions on how to write more effectively for international journals.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00359-8

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  2. Flowerdew, J. & Wang, S. H. J. Second Lang. Writing 32, 39–52 (2016).

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