Another Word For It Patrick Durusau on Topic Maps and Semantic Diversity

October 29, 2017

The Infectiousness of Pompous Prose – #GettysburgAbstract

Filed under: Publishing — Patrick Durusau @ 8:34 am

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Editors could improve readability of authors but then peer reviewers could actually read papers they are assigned to review.

Don’t wait on miracles to improve readability of scientific articles.

Create your Gettysburg Abstract of the most important point of the paper.

Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was 272 words long. A #GettysburgAbstract is 272 words or less.

If you can’t capture an article in 272 words or less, read the article again.

Post your #GettysburgAbstract as a comment and/or review of the article. Spread the word.

If first saw this image in a tweet by Mara Averick.

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