Comparisons (between, among, like, with, than) - Springer

To compare two different things (e.g., groups of patients), use words such as “higher,” “shorter,” or “more”; Use “between” when comparing two things, but “ ... www.springer.com Journalauthors Home Howtopublishanarticle Editorialpolicies Journalauthortutorials Openaccesstutorial Openaccesspublishing Peerreviewtutorial TheTransferDesk↗ Contact Authors&editors Journalauthors Journaleditors Bookauthors&editors Conferenceproceedings OpenAccess Author&reviewertutorials Whatauthorsaresayingaboutus 90%ofSpringerNaturejournalauthorsratedtheiroverallexperiencewiththepublicationprocessasexcellentorgood.Here's whattheytoldusaboutthekeyfactors. YourORCIDiD–Asuniqueasyou ThispersistentIDdistinguishesyoufromeveryotherresearcher.Automatedlinkagesbetweenyouandyourpublicationsorreviewsensurethatyourworkisrecognized.Yourachievementswillneverbeconfusedwithacolleague’swork. Joinourmailinglist Keepingyouup-to-datewiththelatestoffersandpublicationnewsinyourdiscipline Comparisons(between,among,like,with,than) ComparisonsarefrequentlymadeintheResultssectionsofpapers.Whenmakingacomparison,rememberto:Compare“like”with“like”Avoidbeingvague–beasspecificaspossibleWordssuchas“reduced,”“increased,”and“decreased”canonlybeusedtocomparesomethingtothewayitwasbefore,nottocomparetwodifferentthings.Tocomparetwodifferentthings(e.g.,groupsofpatients),usewordssuchas“higher,”“shorter,”or“more”Use“between”whencomparingtwothings,but“among”forcomparisonsofmorethantwothings---Commentary---OriginalURL:http://www.springer.com/authors/journal+authors/journal+authors+academy?SGWID=0-1726414-12-837817-0View:EASTPictureRemarks:---Examples:BAD:Thematerialfromtheriverbankwascomparedwiththelandfill.GOOD:Thematerialfromtheriverbankwascomparedwiththatfromthelandfill.Itdoesn’tmakesensetocomparematerialtoalandfill.Instead,weneedtocomparelikewithlike–thatis,materialfromtheriverbankwithmaterialfromthelandfill.GOOD:Expressionlevelsofp53insmokerswerecomparedwithp53levelsinnon-smokers.BETTER:Expressionlevelsofp53insmokerswerecomparedwiththoseinnon-smokers.Here“those”means“expressionlevelsofp53.”It’sbestnottorepeatthesamewordsinasentence,sinceitcanborereaders.BAD:Reactionswiththenewmachinewerefaster.GOOD:Reactionswiththenewmachinewerefasterthanthosewiththeoldmachine.Thefirstsentencemakesthereaderwonder“Fasterthanwhat?”BAD:Inourstudy,timeuntileatingandinpatienttimeaftersurgerywerereducedintheLGroupcomparedwiththeTGroup.GOOD:Inourstudy,timeuntileatingandinpatienttimeaftersurgerywereshorterintheLGroupthanintheTGroup.“Reduced”cannotbeusedtocomparetwodifferentthings.