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October 19, 2025October 20, 2025 pat thomson

research contribution vs significance

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claims vs contributions

July 8, 2024 pat thomson

Getting over bad/limited advice – journal article introductions

July 3, 2023July 3, 2023 pat thomson

writing conclusions – getting the stuff sorted

February 20, 2023February 20, 2023 pat thomson

five focusing questions to kick off some writing

May 2, 2022May 2, 2022 pat thomson

why journal articles get rejected – #3

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 pat thomson

writing for publication – finding an angle and an argument

July 20, 2020July 19, 2020 pat thomson

“discussion” – it’s about moving forward

November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 pat thomson

planning a paper

June 10, 2019June 10, 2019 pat thomson

a thesis (often) needs A Big Idea

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