Jack Payette

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Does the abbreviation 'e.g.' typically require a comma after it, when using American or International English?

I am assuming that a journal standard would take precedence in such a situation, but what about when it's not explicitly stated? Also, would the omission of full stops for 'eg' in British English...

02 February 2013 276 8 View

Should the words "Petri" and "Eppendorf", which are brand names be capitalized in scientific writing or journal articles?

I am aware that some scientists or researchers will try to avoid using brand names in their writing. When one must, should these words be capitalized? I was also wondering about using the phrase...

01 January 2013 6,738 7 View

Is it ever appropriate for formal academic science journal articles to not have punctuation at the end of sentences contained therein?

When a scientific protocol is written, is it ever appropriate to not use proper punctuation? When a portion of text appears after a bullet point, is it ever appropriate to omit a period? What...

01 January 2013 877 7 View

Do you consider Proteomics to be a sub-discipline or is it an entire field of research in and of itself?

When considering the construction of a controlled vocabulary of scientific keywords, does Proteomics fall within the fields of Molecular Biology or Genetics? For my purposes I am considering...

09 September 2012 4,338 8 View

What do you think about 'An Index to Quantify an individual's scientific research output' [Hirsch, J.E. 2005]? Is such a tool helpful or harmful?

Does this type of analysis have beneficial results which can help to advance scientific research? Are there too many other factors not taken into consideration in making such a calculation?

09 September 2012 2,237 5 View

Should the Latin abbreviation for 'et cetera', etc., ever be followed by two periods?

I would like to confirm that using 'etc..' at the end of a sentence isn't standard and that 'etc.' should be used instead.

09 September 2012 4,659 7 View

When there is only one reference to a specific table in a journal article, should you reference such a table as simply "Table" or "Table 1."?

Even though there is only one table being referenced, does it make more sense, stylistically, to reference this one table as 'Table 1", instead of simply "Table"? Presumably a journal style guide...

09 September 2012 9,210 5 View

If one were italicizing the Latin abbreviation, 'et al.' in a paper, should the abbreviations, 'e.g.' and 'i.e.' also be italicized for consistency?

I have found conflicting advice on whether or not to italicize Latin abbreviations in journal articles, please advise. [Correction made to this question so that 'et. al.' is now 'et al.']

08 August 2012 422 19 View