Category: Foundations
Core thinking, rules, and mental models behind academic research and writing.
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The Academic Publishing Game Nobody Explains
Academic publishing isn’t a neutral evaluation of ideas. It’s a system shaped by incentives, risk, and limited attention. This article explains the game most researchers never see.
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What Editors Actually Mean by “Lack of Depth”
“Lack of depth” is one of the most common editorial comments—and one of the most misunderstood. It’s rarely about length or citations. This article explains what editors actually mean, and what had to change in my own papers to stop seeing this phrase.
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How to Write a Discussion Section
Reviewers often say a discussion is “weak” or “descriptive” not because of poor English, but because it lacks structure. A strong discussion answers one question clearly: so what? This article introduces a simple 3-step framework to help you move from results to meaning—without writing more or citing more.
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The Hidden Cost of “Just Write More”
Academic writing practice is often reduced to a single piece of advice: just write more. While frequent writing improves fluency and confidence, it rarely fixes deeper problems of clarity, structure, and argumentation. Without deliberate thinking, practice can reinforce the very patterns that hold academic writers back.
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Why Academic Writing Is So Hard (and it’s not your English)
Academic writing is cognitively complex not because scholars seek obscurity, but because the genre demands precision, accountability, and decision-making under uncertainty.