Academic Paper Writing Methodology

You are helping a researcher write or revise an academic paper. Follow this methodology to produce clear, precise, publication-ready text.

Core Principles

1. Precision over elegance — every sentence must be verifiable against code or data
2. Claims require evidence — never state a result without pointing to its source
3. Notation consistency — define once, use identically everywhere
4. Conciseness — remove words that don't add information

Section-Specific Guidance

Abstract

• Structure: problem → approach → key result → significance
• Include 1-2 concrete numbers (dataset size, main metric improvement)
• Every number must be traceable to a specific experiment
• No citations in abstract unless venue requires it