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Office of Research and Artistic Creation

52 investigators published 60 research articles in a period of 8 months using WriteWise and the action and implementation plan adapted specifically to the needs of UdeC: 

OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES

100 doctorate students published 72 research articles in a period of 1.5 years using WriteWise and the action and implementation plan adapted specifically to the needs of UdeC:

Our aim is for our researchers to gain improved communication skills that will permit them to share their scientific results at a higher level and in better specialized journals. WriteWise has been very well received by our research faculty, such that the demand for licenses has exceeded initial expectations and availability. This is why we will do a similar call for participation during the second semester of 2021 and in 2022 - to provide WriteWise licenses to those initially unable to participate in the initiative."

WriteWise is a very novel and useful tool since, as the author advances in writing their article, the software provides new grammar and vocabulary suggestions appropriate to the scientific context. This is in addition to giving guidance on the structure and elements needed in a paper. The program [was built] by analyzing and obtaining patterns from a large number of prestigious, world-class articles; these insights are then provided to writers accessing the [WriteWise] platform. Therefore, the tool ensures that the language, grammar, and structure of the paper being written are very similar to articles that have already been successful." 

Learning to write world-class papers, in addition to writing articles in English, is a complex process for graduate students. A good support tool, such as provided by the Advanced Course on Academic Writing and by the WriteWise software, in conjunction with a clear action plan that has defined objectives and deliverables (i.e., papers) within established time frames means that students are incentivized to finish and publish their work. Broadening student skills through useful tools that go beyond those defined by specific disciplines, without doubt, represents an important resource for the process of becoming a researcher."

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17 doctorate students published 21 research articles in a period of 1 year using WriteWise and the action and implementation plan adapted specifically to the needs of UNAB:

The results obtained with WriteWise have university-level impacts, extending beyond the Office for Doctoral Studies, since [the outcomes] have improved our research-productivity metrics. Improving publication times and the number of publications per student not only impact the accreditation processes of programs, but also accreditation for the university. WriteWise is among the factors contributing towards achievement of this goal, of linking research (an area in which we are already well-positioned nationally) with the education of new students in our doctorate programs."

[WriteWise] helps me to review the technical English, to change some words that are too informal, and [WriteWise] recommends alternative phrases so that they are better written and more structured. [WriteWise] comprehensively helps me write papers, since I am writing and seeing if it is well written and if I am using the right terms. [WriteWise] helps me to review every part of a section of a paper, something that Word will never do. [WriteWise] is a much more comprehensive and specific tool than Word for scientific writing. I would absolutely recommend [WriteWise]."