مقاله نويسي فرماليستي

Articles that Are Only Acceptable at Face-value

A sign of ignorance of any subject is paying too much attention to the form and paying no attention to the substance. This article deals with the form and content of academic articles, and tries to show that the majority of such articles getting published in our scholarly journals lack any substance. Admittedly, academic articles must follow certain rules and conventions, but there is more to an academic article than just observing the form. On the other hand, the referees find it easier to judge an article based on formal features. As a result, there is an increasing number of such articles which, though quite acceptable at face-value, lack little or any substance.