Is too 'creative' language acceptable in crystallography?

Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2010 Sep;66(Pt 9):1041-2. doi: 10.1107/S090744491002799X. Epub 2010 Aug 13.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray / methods*
  • Medical Laboratory Personnel / education*
  • Terminology as Topic*