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Ask Ediqo: How to cite in APA Style and when to use “et al.”?

(Please refer to the citation table at the end of the article or download the APA Style citation table as a PDF file if you are in a hurry).

The APA Style ® (formally Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association) is one of the widely used standards for publication in social and behavioral sciences. In this article we show you how to become a pro in citing your sources according to the latest edition of the APA Style.

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Ask Ediqo: Should I use punctuation in equations?

If you are a mathematician, physicist, engineer, computer scientist or economist, chances are high that your papers will be interspersed with equations. Equations make papers hard to read as they interrupt the flow of text, yet they have an essential function in any numerical research and with proofs.
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Ask Ediqo: Why should I pay for publishing my paper in a journal?

Publication fees are generally linked to the services you receive. Publication fees have been around for several decades. Originally, in the print world, many journals charged publication fees for full color figures, or for papers that exceeded a certain limit. As an example, you would have had to pay an extra fee if your paper exceeded 8 pages, or contained colored figures. Today, many open access journals rely on publication fees in order to maintain their publishing infrastructure, pay for marketing and distribution of the content, and to cover the wages for the journal’s professional staff that organize peer-review and the editing and production of accepted manuscripts.

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