When students don’t understand the text of their essay, it’s a sign that they didn’t produce it. As academics and writing ...

Prof David Kerr reflects on the late Doug Altman and shares 10 timeless tips on writing, collaboration, and why some papers ...

When should you use citations? We cite other people both when we are directly quoting and when we are paraphrasing other writers’ words. This keeps us from plagiarizing, strengthens our arguments, and ...

When should you cite someone else’s work? Writers should include a citation when directly quoting or paraphrasing someone else’s words. This means that you should also cite any and all data, ...

Consider a student who invests weeks in researching market dynamics, develops substantive insights into economic behavior, and submits a paper that ultimately receives a C+ due to structural ...

Ms. O’Rourke is the executive editor of The Yale Review and a professor of creative writing at Yale University. July 18, 2025 When I first told ChatGPT who I was, it sent a gushing reply: “Oh wow — it ...

I vividly recall when an editor in chief invited me to publish in a well-known journal. Fresh from defending my dissertation, I still grappled with understanding how publishing worked in academia—like ...

Editor’s note: We ran this edited column through an AI detector that determined it was 99% likely to have been written by a human. We assure you, the following is 100% human. Students don’t want to be ...

Academic writing isn’t just pouring hard thoughts onto long paragraphs. It’s conveying those thoughts clearly, sensibly and effectively. The most underplayed, but important element of sound academic ...

1 Faculty of Law and Justice, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2 Teaching and Research Support Center, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China Introduction: The widespread ...