We have updated the names and categories of feedback criteria to help you understand their functionality. While these updates aim to reflect conventional academic writing practices, we modified some terminologies to make them easier to understand.
Here are the changes we made:
Names of categories
Old category name | New category name | Category description |
Content | Content and Structure | Contains criteria that give feedback on the structure of contents, the contents on a holistic level, and the materials discussed in the document. |
Language | Academic Language | Contains criteria that give feedback on mechanical and linguistic elements in the document. |
Layout | Format | Contains criteria that give feedback on the visual elements and formatting of the document. |
References | Citing and Referencing | Contains criteria that give feedback on the content, usage, and formatting of listed references and their in-text citations. |
Tables/Figures | Tables and Figures | Contains criteria that give feedback on the captions and format of tables and figures. |
Names of criteria
Old name | Update name | Description |
Stable criteria |
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Pronouns | Personal pronouns | Certain personal pronouns should be avoided |
Wording | Vocabulary | Context-appropriate words and phrases should be used |
Wording: Avoid confused words | Vocabulary: Distinguish commonly confused words | Commonly confused words should be distinguished based on the context (e.g. affect/effect) |
Wording: Avoid redundant words | Vocabulary: Concise writing | Redundant words should be removed |
Wording: Use proper collocations | Vocabulary: Proper word combinations | A word should be combined correctly with other words (correct collocations) |
Language | *Document language | Document should be written in a given language |
Sentence length | *Sentence length | Sentences longer than a certain number of words should be split into shorter sentences |
Reference citation count | Citation count of references | Referenced articles should be cited a certain number of times by other publications |
Reference style | Citation style | References should be written in a given style |
Beta criteria |
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Passive voice | Active voice | Passive voice should be avoided and replaced with active voice |
Tenses | Verb tense | Document should be written in a certain tense (past or present) |
Reference usage | In-text citation of references | Listed references should be cited in the body text |
Figure references | In-text citation of figures | Figures should be cited in the body text |
Table references | In-text citation of tables | Tables should be cited in the body text |
*These criteria have also been moved from their original category to another one.
We recognize that academic writing is a complex topic and there are diverse practices across different regions. These changes might not reflect all conventions.
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