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A practical guide to the figures a review article usually needs: the classification overview, the timeline, the mechanism summary, the comparison table, the challenges-and-outlook figure and the graphical abstract. Covers where each one goes, a structure that works, common mistakes, copy-and-edit prompts, and what to check about permissions and accuracy.

A practical guide to the scientific hypothesis diagram in a grant proposal: how it differs from a mechanism figure, a research roadmap and a research framework, how to build one causal chain, how to separate existing evidence from what the project will test, common mistakes, and three prompts you can copy and edit.

A practical guide to the figures used in traditional Chinese medicine papers and grant proposals: the multi-component, multi-target, multi-pathway mechanism diagram, the network pharmacology workflow, the acupuncture pathway schematic, the research roadmap and the hypothesis figure. Covers where each one goes, a structure that works, common mistakes, and prompts you can copy and edit.

A practical guide to the figures used in teaching-reform and education research proposals: the research roadmap, research framework, curriculum system map, talent-training model, closed-loop teaching model and Gantt chart. Covers where each one goes, a structure that works, common mistakes, and prompts you can copy and edit.

Write a clear definition of terms in research with original examples, conceptual vs operational definitions, a reusable table, and consistent figure labels.

The standard research poster sizes in inches and centimetres, how to read a conference's board size, and the official 2026 poster rules for SfN, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, EGU, AACR, ACS, ASCO and ATS.