我发现in this paper 与 in this section 之类的表达方式经常被误用于指代该篇论文以外的事物。正确用法中,in this paper 之类表达方式只能用于指代论文中确实存在的内容;因此,它们不能用于像是数值模拟或实验的表现。这类错误相当常见,而且会导致声明中出现问题。显然,只有可以通过书面文字、数学公式、图表及图形执行的动作,才能被视为发生于一篇论文之“中(in)”。因此,数值模拟、实验、观测、现场调查、临床调查等,都不能用 in this paper的方式表示。
以下例句包含了上述有问题的用法,修改后的句子列于下方。
- In this paper, we analyzed the genome-wide changes in gene expression.
- In the next section, we carry out numerical simulations of the model presented above.
- The experiments done in this paper are of the type described in detail in Ref. [4].
- In this paper, we conduct the final survey in this series.
- In this investigation, we analyzed the genome-wide changes in gene expression.
(1’) In this paper, we report the results obtained from an analysis of the genome-wide changes in gene expression. - In the next section, we /present the results of/discuss/ numerical simulations of the model presented above.
- The experiments done in this work are of the type described in detail in Ref. [4].
(3’) The experiments reported in this paper are of the type described in detail in Ref. [4]. - In this study, we conducted the final survey in this series
(4’) In this paper, we report the results of the final survey in this series.