This subject covers some issues like the nature of academic writing, the academic article (e.g. titles, authors, abstracts, keywords, introductions, methods, results, discussions, acknowledgements, references, responding to referees, and proofs), other genres (books, theses, literature reviews, conference papers, tables and graphs, book reviews, letters to editors, annotated bibliographies), other aspects of academic writing (findings, keeping, and disseminating information, choosing where to publish, delays in the publishing process, refereeing, sex differences in academic writing, procrastination and writer's block, collaborative writing, and productive writers), guidelines for academic writing, guidelines for revising a text, and abbreviations.