Clear and concise writing is key to academic writing. We used Writefull’s ‘Make Concise’ feature, available in Writefull for Word and Overleaf, to identify common lengthy phrases in published papers—and learn how to shorten these effectively.

At Writefull, we regularly analyze the linguistic patterns that make research writing unique. In this analysis, we look at the language of positivity: what ‘good news’ is reported in academic papers, and how does this vary across different disciplines?