Open AccessIs too `creative' language acceptable in crystallography?
Author(s) -
Wlodawer Alexander,
Lubkowski Jacek,
Minor Wladek,
Jaskolski Mariusz
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section d
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1399-0047
DOI - 10.1107/s090744491002799x
Subject(s) - crystallography , computer science , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy
While figures of speech are often useful and even educational, flashy titles combined with hyperbolae and imprecise language can mislead or deceive non‐specialist readers and should therefore be avoided. The possibility of such confusion exists when poorly defined terms like `structure quality' or `super‐resolution' are used to describe a protein structure.