TY - JOUR
KW - citation
KW - Language
KW - point of view
KW - reporting
KW - Scientific publishing
KW - scientific writing
AU - Olivier Corneille
AU - Jo Havemann
AU - Emma L Henderson
AU - Hans IJzerman
AU - Ian Hussey
AU - Jean-Jacques Orban de Xivry
AU - Lee Jussim
AU - Nicholas P Holmes
AU - Artur Pilacinski
AU - Brice Beffara
AU - Harriet Carroll
AU - Nicholas Otieno Outa
AU - Peter Lush
AU - Leon D Lotter
AB - Authors rely on a range of devices and techniques to attract and maintain the interest of readers, and to convince them of the merits of the author’s point of view. However, when writing a scientific article, authors must use these ‘persuasive communication devices’ carefully. In particular, they must be explicit about the limitations of their work, avoid obfuscation, and resist the temptation to oversell their results. Here we discuss a list of persuasive communication devices and we encourage authors, as well as reviewers and editors, to think carefully about their use.
BT - eLife
DA - 2023-05-25
DO - 10.7554/eLife.88654
N2 - Authors rely on a range of devices and techniques to attract and maintain the interest of readers, and to convince them of the merits of the author’s point of view. However, when writing a scientific article, authors must use these ‘persuasive communication devices’ carefully. In particular, they must be explicit about the limitations of their work, avoid obfuscation, and resist the temptation to oversell their results. Here we discuss a list of persuasive communication devices and we encourage authors, as well as reviewers and editors, to think carefully about their use.
PY - 2023
EP - e88654
T2 - eLife
TI - Beware ‘persuasive communication devices’ when writing and reading scientific articles
UR - https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.88654
VL - 12
Y2 - 2026-07-01
SN - 2050-084X
ER -